CVE-2021-23872CWE-59

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

High · published May 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the File Lock component of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by manipulating a symbolic link in the IOCTL interface.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00426 · 35.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2021-05-12T09:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAY 09:00Z
    Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
    cvelistv5