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CVE-2019-3636

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CVE-2019-3636

Published: Oct 28, 2019

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

A File Masquerade vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) version 16.0.R21 and earlier in Windows client allowed an attacker to read the plaintext list of AV-Scan exclusion files from the Windows registry, and to possibly replace excluded files with potential malware without being detected.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee, LCC

McAfee Total Protection

affected
16 - < 16.0.R22

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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