CVE-2021-23874 — McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2021-23874

CVE-2021-23874: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	McAfee
Product	McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
Date added	2021-11-03
Due date	2021-11-17
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute code, bypassing MTP self-defense.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

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

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog