CVE-2021-23873

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-23873
  • Assigner
  • psirt@mcafee.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-02-10T11:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-03T13:05:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 16.0.30
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 4.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114 Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23873
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23873
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-08 06:20:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 21:48:11 2021-02-10T11:15Z 2021-02-10T11:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 21:48:11 2022-05-03T13:05:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 21:48:11 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated