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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-3648
Implicit loading of DLLs
Vulnerability Description
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection 16.0.R22 and earlier allows administrators to execute arbitrary code via carefully placing malicious files in specific locations protected by administrator permission.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
McAfee,LLC
View all reports →Affected Software
McAfee Total Protection
Vulnerable Versions:
16.0.x
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 13th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.