CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-23877

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215 Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:free_trial:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-10-26 10:15

Updated : 2021-10-28 03:00

NVD link : CVE-2021-23877

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23877

Products Affected

Mcafee

Total Protection

CWE
CWE-269