{"id":"CVE-2021-23874","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-23874","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T16:14:33.103Z","title":"McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability","description":"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":"2021-02-10T11:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:38:58.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"trellixpsirt@trellix.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269","CWE-732"],"affected":["mcafee/total protection"],"epss":{"score":0.01026,"percentile":0.63578,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2021-11-03","dueDate":"2021-11-17","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 November 2021). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"trellixpsirt@trellix.com"},{"url":"http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-23874","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}