What is CVE-2023-24577?

CVE-2023-24577 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-24577?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection

CVE-2023-24577

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to Improper Link Resolution via registry keys. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

Published 2023-03-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mcafee Total Protection

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins… (Vendor Advisory)
www.mcafee.com/support/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24577?: CVE-2023-24577 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-24577?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.