CVE-2019-3648

highpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.66% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.1mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Lsecondary · trellixpsirt@trellix.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 4.7

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USprimaryCWE-274USCWE-592USCWE-714US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection16.0.x → 16.0.R22 Refresh 1enisa_euvdEU
McAfee Inc. McAfee Anti-Virus Plus≤ 16.0.R22fstec_bduRU
McAfee Inc. McAfee Internet Security≤ 16.0.R22fstec_bduRU
McAfee Inc. McAfee Total Protection≤ 16.0.R22fstec_bduRU
mcafee anti-virus plus≤ 16.0.r22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:anti-virus_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee internet security≤ 16.0.r22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee total protection≤ 16.0r22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-11-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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