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CNVD-2021-12624

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2021-02-25

Title

McAfee Total Protection任意进程执行漏洞

Description

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)是一款一站式安全套件。 McAfee Total Protection 16.0.30之前版本存在任意进程执行漏洞。攻击者可利用该漏洞提升权限并执行任意代码，从而可绕过MTP自防御。

Severity

中

Patch Name

McAfee Total Protection任意进程执行漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)是一款一站式安全套件。 McAfee Total Protection 16.0.30之前版本存在任意进程执行漏洞。攻击者可利用该漏洞提升权限并执行任意代码，从而可绕过MTP自防御。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

厂商已发布了漏洞修复程序，请及时关注更新： https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/oracle/webcenter/page/scopedMD/s55728c97_466d_4ddb_952d_05484ea932c6/Page29.jspx?wc.contextURL=%2Fspaces%2Fcp&articleId=TS103114&_afrLoop=463574142166260&leftWidth=0%25&showFooter=false&showHeader=false&rightWidth=0%25&centerWidth=100%25#!%40%40%3FshowFooter%3Dfalse%26_afrLoop%3D463574142166260%26articleId%3DTS103114%26leftWidth%3D0%2525%26showHeader%3Dfalse%26wc.contextURL%3D%252Fspaces%252Fcp%26rightWidth%3D0%2525%26centerWidth%3D100%2525%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dr57ojrymg_9

Reference

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874

Impacted products

Name
McAfee Total Protection <16.0.30

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CVE-2021-23874 (GCVE-0-2021-23874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-10 10:25 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35

Title

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary

Arbitrary Process Execution vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code bypassing MTP self-defense.

Severity

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-04 21:22 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

trellix mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Total Protection (MTP)	Affected: unspecified , < 16.0.30 (custom)

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