Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2021 · Assigned by trellix
CVE-2021-23877McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) from McAfee. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| McAfee | McAfee Total Protection (MTP) | unspecified – before 16.0.34 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H