CVE-2021-23891 is a vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection
Published on May 12, 2021
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by impersonating a client token which could lead to the bypassing of MTP self-defense.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-23891 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of 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-2021-23891
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP):- Version unspecified and below 16.0.32 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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