CVE-2021-23891

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by impersonating a client token which could lead to the bypassing of MTP self-defense.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 12, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-23891: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix