File masquerade attack vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection
CVE-2019-3636

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mcafee, Lcc
Status
Mcafee Total Protection
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 October 2019

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Total Protection 16 < 16.0.R22

References

https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/artic...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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