PT-2023-1884 · Mcafee · Mcafee Total Protection

Published 2023-03-13 · Updated 2025-03-03 · CVE-2023-24579

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 16.0.51

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in McAfee Total Protection, allowing attackers to trick victims into uninstalling the application via the command prompt.

Recommendations For versions prior to 16.0.51, update to version 16.0.51 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

RCE

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-20

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-01485

CVE-2023-24579

Affected Products

Mcafee Total Protection

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-01485 · Security Note
• https://mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24579 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/46673 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/59889 · Telegram Post
• https://mcafee.com/support/?locale=en-US&articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113230 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.222899 · Note
• https://mcafee.com/support/?locale=en-US&articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view · Note
• https://mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view · Note