CVE-2021-23877 is a vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection
Published on October 26, 2021
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-23877 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-23877
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Affected Versions
McAfee Total Protection (MTP):- Version unspecified and below 16.0.34 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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