PT-2023-2001 · Mcafee · Mcafee Total Protection

Published 2023-03-21 · Updated 2025-02-28 · CVE-2023-25134

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Total Protection versions prior to 16.0.50

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control to the registry, allowing an adversary with full administrative access to modify a McAfee specific Component Object Model (COM) in the Windows Registry. This modification can result in the loading of a malicious payload.

Recommendations For versions prior to 16.0.50, update to version 16.0.50 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Windows Registry to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-01624

CVE-2023-25134

Affected Products

Mcafee Total Protection

References · 10

• https://mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103398&page=shell&shell=article-view · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25134 · Security Note
• https://mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-01624 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25134 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103398&page=shell&shell=article-view · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/60399 · Telegram Post
• https://mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/threat-actors-employ-com-technology-shellcode-evade-detection · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112915 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/46554 · Telegram Post