CVE-2021-23873highCWE-59

CVE-2021-23873: high-severity vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.7%
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file deletion as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via manipulating Junction link, after enumerating certain files, at a specific time.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
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