CVE-2021-23877
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows trial installer of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.34_x may allow a local user to run arbitrary code as the admin user by replacing a specific temporary file created during the installation of the trial version of MTP.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.8
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affected products (2)
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references (4)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23877cnnvd
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215cnnvd
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215enisa_euvd
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103215nvd
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