CVE-2019-3636: A File Masquerade vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) version 16.0.R21 and earlier in Windows client allowed an attacker to read the plaintext list…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.22%

13.0th percentile

A File Masquerade vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) version 16.0.R21 and earlier in Windows client allowed an attacker to read the plaintext list of AV-Scan exclusion files from the Windows registry, and to possibly replace excluded files with potential malware without being detected.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mcafee	total_protection	<= 16.0.r21	—
mcafee_lcc	mcafee_total_protection	>= 16 < 16.0.R22	16.0.R22

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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