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
2<16.0.30+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <16.0.30
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspxmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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