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Medium severity · published Jul 18, 2019
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…
6.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AG
Agent · Mcafee
5.0.0 through 5.6.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
AG
Agent
Mcafee
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3592
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3592
kc.mcafee.com
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10288
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