VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-24578
McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.25%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- mcafee/total protection
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-viewVendor Advisory
- https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-viewVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.