CVE-2021-23874
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 16.0.30
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
McAfee Total Protection, a consumer security suite, is affected by a flaw that lets a local user with ordinary access run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The flaw also bypasses the product's self-defense protections, allowing an attacker to disable or tamper with the security software.
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Arbitrary Process Execution vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code bypassing MTP self-defense.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild
- CISA remediation deadline
Due date for US federal agencies to patch
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
From unspecified · fixed in 16.0.30