McAfee Tech Check up to 3.0.0.17 Microsoft Windows Client privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Tech Check up to 3.0.0.17 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Microsoft Windows Client. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-3667. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Tech Check up to 3.0.0.17 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Microsoft Windows Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Tech Check 3.0.0.17 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the local folder placed there by an attacker.

The weakness was disclosed 12/11/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at service.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-3667 since 01/03/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/10/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• McAfee

Name

• Tech Check

Version

• 3.0.0.0
• 3.0.0.1
• 3.0.0.2
• 3.0.0.3
• 3.0.0.4
• 3.0.0.5
• 3.0.0.6
• 3.0.0.7
• 3.0.0.8
• 3.0.0.9
• 3.0.0.10
• 3.0.0.11
• 3.0.0.12
• 3.0.0.13
• 3.0.0.14
• 3.0.0.15
• 3.0.0.16
• 3.0.0.17

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/

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