CVE-2023-24577 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to Improper Link Resolution via registry keys. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

Published: 2023-03-13

Score: 5.5 Medium

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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-2023-28593	McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to Improper Link Resolution via registry keys. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-03T20:10:36.032Z

Reserved: 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24577

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:03:18.898Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-13T13:15:11.703

Modified: 2025-03-03T20:15:37.770

Link: CVE-2023-24577

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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