McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 13 Microsoft Windows Client McTray.exe access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 13. This affects an unknown function of the file McTray.exe of the component Microsoft Windows Client. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-3585. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 13 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file McTray.exe of the component Microsoft Windows Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 14 may allow local users to interact with the On-Access Scan Messages - Threat Alert Window with elevated privileges via running McAfee Tray with elevated privileges.

The weakness was released 06/10/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-3585 since 01/03/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Applying the patch 8.8 Patch 14 is able to eliminate this problem.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-156462 and VDB-156533. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: 8.8 Patch 14

Timelineinfo

01/03/2019 🔍
06/10/2020 +524 days 🔍
06/11/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/23/2020 +134 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-3585 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-3585
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156461
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2020 09:43
Updated: 10/23/2020 18:43
Changes: 06/11/2020 09:43 (41), 06/11/2020 09:48 (12), 10/23/2020 18:38 (1), 10/23/2020 18:43 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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