Medium severity · published Mar 13, 2023
CVE-2023-24578
McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TP
Total Protection · Mcafee
before 16.0.49 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24578
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24578
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view
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