CVE-2021-23877 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 installation of the trial version of MTP.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00027.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Total Protection

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-10803	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 installation of the trial version of MTP.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-10-26T21:40:08

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.221Z

Reserved: 2021-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-23877

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-26T22:15:08.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:51:59.253

Link: CVE-2021-23877

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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