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CVE-2019-3648
Implicit loading of DLLs
Medium6.1EPSS 0.66%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection 16.0.R22 and earlier allows administrators to execute arbitrary code via carefully placing malicious files in specific locations protected by administrator permission.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.66% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- Privilege Escalation
- CWE-426 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-426 and its CVEs
Affected products
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Total Protection
- affected 16.0.x – < 16.0.R22 Refresh 1
References (2)
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102984 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://safebreach.com/Post/McAfee-All-Editions-MTP-AVP-MIS-Self-Defense-Bypass-and-Potential-Usages-CVE-2019-3648 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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