CVE-2021-23874

7.8 highKEVEPSS 1.0%

High (7.8) in McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP). In CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Arbitrary Process Execution vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code bypassing MTP self-defense.

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: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CISA KEV: listed 2021-11-03, due 2021-11-17
CWEs: CWE-732, CWE-269
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
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-23874

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