CVE-2023-24577

medium

Description

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to Improper Link Resolution via registry keys. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

References

https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view

https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00098