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1 vulnerability found for by McAfee,LLC
CVE-2021-23874 (GCVE-0-2021-23874)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-10 10:25
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
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.
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Total Protection (MTP) |
Version: unspecified < 16.0.30 |
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