Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the File Lock component of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by manipulating a symbolic link in the IOCTL interface.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-10798 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the File Lock component of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by manipulating a symbolic link in the IOCTL interface.
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Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.378Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-23872

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-12T09:15:07.357

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:51:58.747

Link: CVE-2021-23872

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