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McAfee Total Protection < 16.0.30 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TS103114)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173646

Synopsis

McAfee Total Protection installed on remote Windows host is affected by a multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The version of McAfee Total Protection installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 16.0.30. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

 - 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. (CVE-2021-23876)

 - 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. (CVE-2021-23874)

 - 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.
 (CVE-2021-23873)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee Total Protection version 16.0.30 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?500a257f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173646

File Name: mcafee_total_protection_TS103114.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/29/2023

Updated: 3/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23876

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:total_protection

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/McAfee Total Protection

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23873, CVE-2021-23874, CVE-2021-23875, CVE-2021-23876