McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.31 File Lock privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.31 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component File Lock. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-23872. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.31. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component File Lock. 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 released 05/12/2021. The advisory is shared at service.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-23872. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 16.0.32 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Total Protection 16.0.32

Timelineinfo

01/12/2021 🔍
05/12/2021 +119 days 🔍
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05/15/2021 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: service.mcafee.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-23872 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-23872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-174961

Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2021 14:53
Updated: 05/15/2021 14:36
Changes: 05/12/2021 14:53 (38), 05/15/2021 14:35 (6), 05/15/2021 14:36 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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