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CVE-2021-23874

PUBLISHED

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability

Exploited in the wild Low complexity
Vendor
McAfee,LLC
Product
McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
Published
Feb 10, 2021
EPSS
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Description

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 8.2 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC · CISA

References

Known Exploited Vulnerability Sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA First 2021-11-03 00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public

  • CVE ID Reserved