CVE-2019-3613 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Published: 2020-06-10

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee, LLC

McAfee Agent (MA)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.6.x`	affected	< 5.6.4

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-13248	DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00378.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10320

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Agent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-06-10T11:12:49.485Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:00:57.397Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-3613

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-10T11:15:09.953

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:35:18.270

Link: CVE-2019-3613

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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