CVE-2023-24578

MEDIUM

McAfee Total Protection <16.0.49 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/total_protection < 16.0.49
Published Mar 13, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026