CVE-2021-23877
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.7 Medium
- Published
- Oct 26, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 12, 2021
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.7 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | trellix |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
McAfee Total Protection (MTP)McAfee |
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References
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