Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Oct 26, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-23877
CVE-2021-23877
Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows trial installer of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.34_x may allow a local user to run arbitrary code as the admin user by replacing a specific temporary file created during the installation of the trial version of MTP.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:free_trial:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:free_trial:*:*:*range: <16.0.34
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <16.0.34_x
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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