CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-3588

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jun 10, 2020 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 14 may allow unauthorized users to interact with the On-Access Scan Messages - Threat Alert Window when the Windows Login Screen is locked.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8 (including) 8.8 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch1 (including) 8.8-patch1 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch10 (including) 8.8-patch10 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch11 (including) 8.8-patch11 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch12 (including) 8.8-patch12 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch13 (including) 8.8-patch13 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch2 (including) 8.8-patch2 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch3 (including) 8.8-patch3 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch4 (including) 8.8-patch4 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch5 (including) 8.8-patch5 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch6 (including) 8.8-patch6 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch7 (including) 8.8-patch7 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch8 (including) 8.8-patch8 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch9 (including) 8.8-patch9 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References