Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 13 allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.0%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-274
CWE-269
CWE-264
CWE-311
Status
published
Products (1)
mcafee/virusscan_enterprise
8.8.0
Published
May 25, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026