McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
CVE-2021-23877

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee
Status
Mcafee Total Protection (mtp)
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 October 2021

What is CVE-2021-23877?

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows trial installer of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.34_x may allow a local user to run arbitrary code as the admin user by replacing a specific temporary file created during the installation of the trial version of MTP.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) < 16.0.34

References

https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/artic...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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