CVE-2019-3636

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMcafee Total Protection
PublishedOct 28, 2019
First seenOct 28, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mcafee total_protectionv ≤ 16.0.r21—

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