CVE-2023-24579

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.51 allows attackers to trick a victim into uninstalling the application via the command prompt.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 5.5

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-01-27 CVE Reserved
2023-03-13 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-10-03 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html	2023-03-22
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view	2023-03-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Total Protection Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Total Protection"				< 16.0.51 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Total Protection" and version " < 16.0.51"		-		Affected