What is CVE-2023-24579?

CVE-2023-24579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-24579?

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

Improper input validation in Mcafee Total Protection

CVE-2023-24579

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.51 allows attackers to trick a victim into uninstalling the application via the command prompt.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.002 (15.7th 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:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee Total_protection
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24579?: CVE-2023-24579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-24579?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.