CVE-2021-23872

HIGH

McAfee Total Protection < 16.0.32 - Privilege Escalation via File Lock Symbolic Link Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the File Lock component of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by manipulating a symbolic link in the IOCTL interface.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103146

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/total_protection < 16.0.32
Published May 12, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026