How severe is CVE-2021-23874?

CVE-2021-23874 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-23874: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2021-11-17

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA8.2 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Total Protection (MTP)	unspecified to <16.0.30

References

1 Links

Other references

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114

Record Details

Published

2021-02-10

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

trellix

Credited to

Related Tool Categories

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