CVE-2021-23877

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

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Published Oct 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.0.34

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-10803	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.370% probability within 30 days)

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References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:14 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: trellix
Published: Oct 26, 2021, 9:40 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:14 PM
Reserved: Jan 12, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 26, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

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