CVE-2019-3636

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982 -

Information

Published : 2019-10-28 15:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2019-3636

Mitre link : CVE-2019-3636

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-3636

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

mcafee

total_protection

CWE

CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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