Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - CVE-2021-23875
Published: February 15, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50681
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23875
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management. A local user can execute specially constructed malware, gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file deletion as the SYSTEM user.
Affected software
McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23875
Install updates from vendor's website.
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - update to 16.0.30