McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.49 Component Object Model privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in McAfee Total Protection. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Component Object Model Handler. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-25134. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Total Protection. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Component Object Model Handler. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 may allow an adversary (with full administrative access) to modify a McAfee specific Component Object Model (COM) in the Windows Registry. This can result in the loading of a malicious payload.

The weakness was presented 03/22/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-25134 since 02/03/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 16.0.50 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-29113). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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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 16.0.50

Timelineinfo

02/03/2023 🔍
03/22/2023 +47 days 🔍
03/22/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/28/2025 +951 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: mcafee.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-25134 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-25134
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223523
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/22/2023 08:12
Updated: 10/28/2025 07:21
Changes: 03/22/2023 08:12 (37), 04/12/2023 14:44 (11), 10/28/2025 07:21 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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