What is CVE-2019-3652?

CVE-2019-3652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2019-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-3652?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-3652 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Mcafee Endpoint Security

CVE-2019-3652

Code Injection vulnerability in EPSetup.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Prior to 10.6.1 October 2019 Update allows local user to get their malicious code installed by the ENS installer via code injection into EPSetup.exe by an attacker with access to the installer.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2019-10-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mcafee Endpoint Security — versions 10.6.1
Mcafee, Llc Mcafee Endpoint Security (Ens) — versions 10.6.x, 10.5.x
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3652?: CVE-2019-3652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2019-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-3652?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-3652 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.