CVE-2021-23872 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting McAfee Total Protection (MTP) versions prior to 16.0.32. A local attacker can exploit a symbolic link manipulation in the File Lock component's IOCTL interface to gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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