CVE-2021-23874: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• McAfee Total Protection: before 16.0.30 (fixed in 16.0.30)

Published 2021-02-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.