What is CVE-2023-24578?

CVE-2023-24578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-24578?

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

Vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection

CVE-2023-24578

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Mcafee Total_protection
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24578?: CVE-2023-24578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-24578?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.