title: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - File Deletion vulnerability
description: A race condition vulnerability exists in the QuickClean feature of McAfee Total Protection for Windows prior to 16.0.43 that allows a local user to gain privilege elevation and perform an arbitrary file delete. This could lead to sensitive files being deleted and potentially cause denial of service. This attack exploits the way symlinks are created and how the product works with them.
problem types: CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
affected:
{
product: McAfee Total Protection for Windows
vendor: McAfee
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 16.0.42, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.5
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]