CVE-2021-23876

HIGH

McAfee Total Protection < 16.0.30 - Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary File Modification via RPC Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.3%
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-269
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/total_protection < 16.0.30
Published Feb 10, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026