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

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2021-23874
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute code, bypassing MTP self-defense.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: McAfeeproduct: Total Protection (MTP)Privilege escalation
What
An improper privilege management vulnerability allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute code.
Who is affected
Local users of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) with the affected version.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-11-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2021-23874coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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