CVE-2021-23876 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Bypass Remote Procedure call in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file modification as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via executing carefully constructed malware.

Published: 2021-02-10

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.0.30

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-10802	Bypass Remote Procedure call in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file modification as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via executing carefully constructed malware.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-02-10T10:25:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.349Z

Reserved: 2021-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23876

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-10T11:15:13.100

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:51:59.127

Link: CVE-2021-23876

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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