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CVE-2021-23873
HIGH7.8
Description
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.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score7.8
SeverityHIGH
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published2/10/2021
Last Modified11/21/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
mcafee:total_protection
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-59CWE-59
References
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114(trellixpsirt@trellix.com)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/(trellixpsirt@trellix.com)
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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