vulnerability

McAfee McAfee Total Protection MTP: CVE-2021-23874: Improper Privilege Management

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 10, 2021
Added
May 12, 2025
Modified
May 13, 2025

Description

Arbitrary Process Execution vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code bypassing MTP self-defense.

Solution

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