CVE-2021-23874

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability

Basic Information

CVE State: PUBLISHED
Reserved Date: January 12, 2021
Published Date: February 10, 2021
Last Updated: February 04, 2025
Vendor: McAfee,LLC
Product: McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
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.

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

8.2 - HIGH

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

SSVC Information

Exploitation: active
Technical Impact: total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild: Yes (added 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

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

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

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