McAfee Total Protection <16.0.49 DLL Sideloading PrivEsc
CVE-2023-24578 Published on March 13, 2023
McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-24578 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a DLL preloading Vulnerability?
The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.
CVE-2023-24578 has been classified to as a DLL preloading vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-24578
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Exploit Probability
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