McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability
CVE-2021-23874

8.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mcafee,llc
Status
Mcafee Total Protection (mtp)
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 February 2021

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🦅 CISA Reported

Summary

Arbitrary Process Execution vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code bypassing MTP self-defense.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Windows < 16.0.30

References

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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