Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Known exploits
Data from CISA
- Vulnerability name
- McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
- Exploit added on
- Nov 3, 2021
- Exploit action due
- Nov 17, 2021
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "D20C251F-8C1B-4359-A02B-7DE82615A291",
"versionEndExcluding": "16.0.30"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]