CVE-2023-24578

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Published Mar 13, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-28594	McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.254% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view

History

Mar 4, 2025 3:45 AM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

Weaknesses

CWE-427

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 27, 2025, 8:57 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 13, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 27, 2025, 8:57 PM
Reserved: Jan 27, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 11:03 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 11:03 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 13, 2023, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:39 AM

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