CVE-2021-23874

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.

  • Published Feb 10, 2021
  • CVSS 7.8 high
  • 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
  • In CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
  • A fix is available

Affected software

CVE-2021-23874 at the National Vulnerability Database