CVE-2019-3585

HIGH

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 - Privilege Escalation via On-Access Scan Messages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/virusscan_enterprise 8.8 (14 CPE variants)
Published Jun 10, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026