PT-2021-15579 · Mcafee · Mcafee Total Protection

Published 2021-10-26 · Updated 2021-10-28 · CVE-2021-23877

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: McAfee Total Protection versions prior to 16.0.34 x

Description: A privilege escalation issue in the Windows trial installer of McAfee Total Protection 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.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 16.0.34 x, update to version 16.0.34 x or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-23877

Affected Products

Mcafee Total Protection

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23877 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23877 · Security Note
• https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/31257 · Telegram Post