Design/Logic Flaw

2023-03-1313:15:00

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mcafee total protection

privilege escalation

improper link resolution

registry keys

unauthorized tasks

5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to Improper Link Resolution via registry keys. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

CPENameOperatorVersion
total_protectionlt16.0.50

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
	total_protection	lt	16.0.50

References

www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html

www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view