CVE-2023-24577

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.28% (21st) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-61US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
McAfee Inc. McAfee Total Protection≤ 16.0.50fstec_bduRU
mcafee total protection< 16.0.50nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0631McAfee Total Protection: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-03-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in McAfee Total Protection ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-03-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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