CVE-2019-3585

VSE Escalation of Privileges through Alert pop-up window

State: Published
Severity: 7.0 High
Published: Jun 10, 2020
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Jan 3, 2019

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 14 may allow local users to interact with the On-Access Scan Messages - Threat Alert Window with elevated privileges via running McAfee Tray with elevated privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.0 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	trellix

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)McAfee, LLC	8.8.x to before 8.8 Patch 14Affected

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302

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