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McAfee Agent: CVE-2019-3592: Mcafee agent for windows update addresses weak directory permissions (SB10288)

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McAfee Agent: CVE-2019-3592: Mcafee agent for windows update addresses weak directory permissions (SB10288)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/18/2019
Created
08/12/2020
Added
08/11/2020
Modified
08/11/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-5-4-266
  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-6-1-308

References

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