Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - CVE-2021-23876
Published: February 15, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50682
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-2021-23876
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, bypass remote procedure call, gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file modification as the SYSTEM user.
Affected software
McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23876
Install updates from vendor's website.
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - update to 16.0.30