High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-23873
CVE-2021-23873
Description
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.
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Affected products
3<16.0.30+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <16.0.30
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <16.0.30
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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