McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.50 Command Prompt denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Total Protection. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Command Prompt Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-24579. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Total Protection and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Command Prompt Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.51 allows attackers to trick a victim into uninstalling the application via the command prompt.

The weakness was shared 03/13/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-24579 since 01/27/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 16.0.51 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-28595). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Total Protection 16.0.51

Timelineinfo

01/27/2023 🔍
03/13/2023 +45 days 🔍
03/13/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/22/2025 +954 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: mcafee.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-24579 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24579
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-222899
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2023 15:51
Updated: 10/22/2025 22:21
Changes: 03/13/2023 15:51 (39), 04/04/2023 18:42 (11), 10/22/2025 22:21 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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