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CVE-2021-23877

MEDIUM
Published 2021-10-26T21:40:08
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.058
Higher than 5.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

McAfee

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-x476-mfc2-xc3w

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23877
WEB https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215
Published: 2021-10-26T21:40:08
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.221Z
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