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FAILURE HISTORY · 3
| DATE | EVENT | SEV | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-03 | CVE-2021-23874 | high | McAfee Total Protection allowed local users to escalate privileges and execute code by bypassing its self-defense mechanisms. |
| 2019-02-26 | CVE-2019-9169 | critical | CVE-2019-9169: In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in pos |
| 2016-05-26 | CVE-2016-0718 | critical | CVE-2016-0718: Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or |
SENTIMENT · TRUSTED SOURCES
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McAfee's vulnerability was confirmed as critical and exploited, indicating severe security failure.
Critical flaw confirmed
"McAfee Total Protection (MTP) contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute code, bypassing MTP self-defense."
Neutral listing
Irrelevant
Neutral listing
Confirmed exploitation
"CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog is the authoritative list of security flaws that have been confirmed exploited in real-world attacks."
Neutral listing