CVE-2023-24577 (GCVE-0-2023-24577)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-13 00:00
Modified
2025-03-03 20:10
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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