CVE-2019-3592

6.7 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.7) in mcafee agent. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) before 5.6.1 HF3, allows local administrator users to potentially disable some McAfee processes by manipulating the MA directory control and placing a carefully constructed file in the MA directory.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.7 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2019-07-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:agent

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10288
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10288

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