McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.33 on Windows Temporary Files privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.33 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Temporary Files Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 10/27/2021 as TS103215. The advisory is shared at service.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-23877 since 01/12/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 16.0.34 eliminates this vulnerability.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
- 16.0.0
- 16.0.1
- 16.0.2
- 16.0.3
- 16.0.4
- 16.0.5
- 16.0.6
- 16.0.7
- 16.0.8
- 16.0.9
- 16.0.10
- 16.0.11
- 16.0.12
- 16.0.13
- 16.0.14
- 16.0.15
- 16.0.16
- 16.0.17
- 16.0.18
- 16.0.19
- 16.0.20
- 16.0.21
- 16.0.22
- 16.0.23
- 16.0.24
- 16.0.25
- 16.0.26
- 16.0.27
- 16.0.28
- 16.0.29
- 16.0.30
- 16.0.31
- 16.0.32
- 16.0.33
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.7
CNA Vector (McAfee): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Total Protection 16.0.34
Timeline
01/12/2021 🔍10/27/2021 🔍
10/27/2021 🔍
10/31/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mcafee.comAdvisory: TS103215
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-23877 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 10/27/2021 07:06Updated: 10/31/2021 07:10
Changes: 10/27/2021 07:06 (51), 10/31/2021 07:01 (1), 10/31/2021 07:10 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:594:103
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