November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2021-23874 — McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2021-11-17- Vendor
- McAfee
- Product
- McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
- EPSS
- 73.1th percentile (score 0.007, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23874
CISA short 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.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.