Vulnerability CVE-2021-23877
Published: 2021-10-26   Modified: 2021-10-27

Description:
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows trial installer of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.34_x may allow a local user to run arbitrary code as the admin user by replacing a specific temporary file created during the installation of the trial version of MTP.

Type:

CWE-269

 (Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Mcafee -> Total protection 

 References:
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215
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