CVE-2021-23873

6.1 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Medium (6.1) in mcafee total protection. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium

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

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2021-02-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:total_protection

References

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-175/

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