Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2021· Updated Oct 21, 2025

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability

CVE-2021-23874

Description

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.

Affected products

McAfee,LLC/McAfee Total Protection (MTP)v5
Range: unspecified

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspxmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM

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