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CVE-2021-23891

Published: May 12, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by impersonating a client token which could lead to the bypassing of MTP self-defense.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

affected
unspecified - < 16.0.32

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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