What is CVE-2021-23877?

CVE-2021-23877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection (Mtp), classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-23877?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Mcafee Total Protection (Mtp)

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…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee Total Protection (Mtp) — versions unspecified
Mcafee Total_protection

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23877?: CVE-2021-23877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection (Mtp), classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-23877?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.