CVE-2021-23877 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-23877 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 26/10/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: trellix | Vendor: McAfee | Product: McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-23877 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 6.7 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* HIGH
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-269
CWE Name: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Source: McAfee

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).