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CVE-2021-23874

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Published Feb 10, 2021 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · mcafee total protection

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.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 10, 2021 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Nov 17, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA due date Nov 17, 2021

Affected

  • cpe mcafee/total protectionversion unspecified
  • vendor McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP)version unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVCVE-2021-23874

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgCVE-2021-23874

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSCVE-2021-23874

    30-day exploitation probability 1.0%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2021-23874

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov

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