Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2021-23874

TLP:CLEAR

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute code, bypassing MTP self-defense.

Facts

  • Vendor: McAfee
  • Product: McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
  • CVSS: 8.2
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 1 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 3 November 2021
  • First known exploitation: 3 November 2021
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 17 November 2021
  • Weakness: CWE-284
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 3 November 2021

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD