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.

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 a…

EPSS: 0.007 (46.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mcafee Anti-virus_plus
Mcafee Internet_security
Mcafee Total_protection
Mcafee,llc Mcafee Total Protection — versions 16.0.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

alphaSeclab/sec-daily-2019

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_MISC)

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.