High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-23872
CVE-2021-23872
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Range: <16.0.32
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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