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CVE-2021-238776.7MediumCWE-269

CVE-2021-23877: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

McAfee · McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Vendor fix available · Affected: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
31st percentile
050100

Higher than 31% of scored CVEs

6.7MediumCVSS 3.1
LowMedium

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • McAfee · McAfee Total Protection (MTP)before 16.0.34

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Exploitation
Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
McAfee
Published
October 2021

CoverageNo articles yet

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