Vulnerability Details : CVE-2019-3592
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.
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege
Products affected by CVE-2019-3592
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-3592
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 10 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2019-3592
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.6
|
MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.9
|
6.4
|
NIST | |
6.7
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
0.8
|
5.9
|
NIST | |
7.2
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
0.6
|
6.0
|
McAfee (DEFUNCT) |
References for CVE-2019-3592
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10288
McAfee Security Bulletin - McAfee Agent for Windows update addresses weak directory permissions (CVE-2019-3592)Patch;Vendor Advisory
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