CVE-2021-23877 McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Local attackers can escalate privileges to admin by replacing a temporary file during the trial installation of McAfee Total Protection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-23877?
CVE-2021-23877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP), published on 26 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-23877?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Total Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2021-23877?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-23877 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-23877 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23877 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
- CVE-2021-23874 McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management
- CVE-2023-24579 Security feature bypass in n/a
- CVE-2022-43751 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2021-23872 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
- CVE-2021-23891 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x476-mfc2-xc3w.