McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.31 Client Token privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.31 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Client Token Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-23891. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.31. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Client Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/12/2021. The advisory is available at service.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-23891. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 16.0.32 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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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-2021-23891 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-23891
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-174962

Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2021 14:53
Updated: 05/15/2021 14:41
Changes: 05/12/2021 14:53 (38), 05/15/2021 14:39 (6), 05/15/2021 14:41 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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