Medium severity · published Feb 10, 2021
CVE-2021-23873
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…
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TP
Total Protection · Mcafee
before 16.0.30 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23873
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23873
service.mcafee.com
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114
www.zerodayinitiative.com
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/
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