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CVE-2021-23873

HIGH
7.8

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

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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