CVE-2021-23873

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 10, 2021 at 10:20 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTotal Protection

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file deletion as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via manipulating Junction link, after enumerating certain files, at a specific time.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 16.0.30
Affected range stops below 16.0.30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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