CVE-2021-23873CWE-59

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability

High · published February 10, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file deletion as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via manipulating Junction link, after enumerating certain files, at a specific time.

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
0.00654 · 50.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2021-02-10T10:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 FEB 10:20Z
    McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability
    cvelistv5