CVSS 3.1
6.7 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-3648
Medium (6.7) in mcafee. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection 16.0.R22 and earlier allows administrators to execute arbitrary code via carefully placing malicious files in specific locations protected by administrator permission.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-426
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mcafee:anti-virus_plus
- mcafee:internet_security
- mcafee:total_protection
References
- https://safebreach.com/Post/McAfee-All-Editions-MTP-AVP-MIS-Self-Defense-Bypass-and-Potential-Usages-CVE-2019-3648
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102984
- https://safebreach.com/Post/McAfee-All-Editions-MTP-AVP-MIS-Self-Defense-Bypass-and-Potential-Usages-CVE-2019-3648
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102984