Vulnerability in Mcafee Anti-Virus Plus

CVE-2019-3648

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-3648: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3648?
CVE-2019-3648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Anti-Virus Plus, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-3648?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-3648 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.