CVE Published: 12/05/2021 |
CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 |
CVE Year: 2021 Source: trellix |
Vendor: McAfee,LLC |
Product: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2021-23872 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.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 7.8 HIGH Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
l➤ Exploitability Metrics: Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH Privileges Required (PR)* LOW User Interaction (UI)* NONE Scope (S)* CHANGED
l➤ Impact Metrics: Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH Availability Impact (A)* HIGH
Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
CWE-ID: CWE-59 CWE Name: CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (
Link Following
) Source: McAfee,LLC
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)