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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : 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

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-10-26 22:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:30

NVD link : CVE-2021-23877

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23877

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23877

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

total_protection

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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