CVE-2021-23877 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Mcafee
Product McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
Weakness CWE-269
Published October 26, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 26, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated