CVE-2021-23873

medium

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file deletion as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via manipulating Junction link, after enumerating certain files, at a specific time.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-02-10

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Severity: Medium