McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 13 Microsoft Windows Client McTray.exe insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 13. This impacts an unknown function of the file McTray.exe of the component Microsoft Windows Client. The manipulation results in insufficient privileges. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-3588. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 13 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the file McTray.exe of the component Microsoft Windows Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-274. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 14 may allow unauthorized users to interact with the On-Access Scan Messages - Threat Alert Window when the Windows Login Screen is locked.

The weakness was disclosed 06/10/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-3588 since 01/03/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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Class: Insufficient privileges
CWE: CWE-274 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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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-2019-3588 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-3588
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156462
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2020 09:44
Updated: 10/23/2020 18:57
Changes: 06/11/2020 09:44 (41), 06/11/2020 09:49 (12), 10/23/2020 18:50 (1), 10/23/2020 18:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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