CVE-2021-23874 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Total Protection

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103114
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-23874

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-02-10T10:25:24.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:28.347Z

Reserved: 2021-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23874

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.385Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-10T11:15:12.943

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:25.637

Link: CVE-2021-23874

Redhat

No data.

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