CVE-2021-23872

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in mcafee total protection. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the File Lock component of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by manipulating a symbolic link in the IOCTL interface.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2021-05-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:total_protection

References

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103146
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103146

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