CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Nov 17, 2021

CVE-2021-23874

High

EPSS 0.9%CISA KEV

McAfee/McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Description

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute code, bypassing MTP self-defense.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.9%

Higher than 74.7% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED

In CISA KEV

Details

Severity: High
EPSS: 0.9%
CISA KEV: Yes
Ransomware: Unknown
Articles: 0

Timeline

Published

Nov 3, 2021

Added to KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Remediation Due

Nov 17, 2021

Affected Product

McAfee

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

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External Links

NVD (NIST)CVE Details MITRE CVE