CVE-2019-3592

HIGH

McAfee Agent < 5.6.1 - Privilege Escalation via Directory Control Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) before 5.6.1 HF3, allows local administrator users to potentially disable some McAfee processes by manipulating the MA directory control and placing a carefully constructed file in the MA directory.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 24.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/agent 5.0.0 - 5.6.1
Published Jul 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026