CVE-2021-23876

Bypass Remote Procedure call in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file modification as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via executing carefully constructed malware.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Nov 2023, 02:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
References	~~() http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114 -~~	() http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114 - Vendor Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-269~~
References	~~(CONFIRM) http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114 - Vendor Advisory~~	() http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114 -

16 Feb 2021, 18:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 7.2 v3 : 7.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection::::::::
References	~~(CONFIRM) http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114 -~~	(CONFIRM) http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114 - Vendor Advisory

10 Feb 2021, 11:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-02-10 11:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41

NVD link : CVE-2021-23876

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23876

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23876

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

total_protection

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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