CVE-2021-23877

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows trial installer of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.34_x may allow a local user to run arbitrary code as the admin user by replacing a specific temporary file created during the installation of the trial version of MTP.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-23877

Assigner
psirt@mcafee.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-10-26T22:15:08

Last Modified Date
2021-10-28T15:00:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:::::free_trial:::*	1	OR		16.0.34

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215	Patch Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23877
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23877

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:49:19				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 13:18:18	2021-10-26T22:15Z	2021-10-26T22:15:08	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 13:18:18		2021-10-28T15:00:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 13:18:18		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated