CVE-2021-23873
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-10 10:20
Modified
2024-08-03 19:14
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttp://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/
Impacted products
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Total Protection (MTP)
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