Current Description
A File Masquerade vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) version 16.0.R21 and earlier in Windows client allowed an attacker to read the plaintext list of AV-Scan exclusion files from the Windows registry, and to possibly replace excluded files with potential malware without being detected.
Source:
MITRE
View Analysis Description
Analysis Description
A File Masquerade vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) version 16.0.R21 and earlier in Windows client allowed an attacker to read the plaintext list of AV-Scan exclusion files from the Windows registry, and to possibly replace excluded files with potential malware without being detected.
Source:
MITRE
Severity
CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because
they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites
being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose.
NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further,
NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about
this page to nvd@nist.gov.
Weakness Enumeration
| CWE-ID |
CWE Name |
Source |
| CWE-200 |
Information Exposure |
NIST
|
Change History
1 change record found
- show changes
Initial Analysis -
11/1/2019 12:15:46 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
|
AND
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 16.0.r21
OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) |
| Added |
CVSS V3.1 |
|
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Added |
CWE |
|
NIST CWE-200 |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982 No Types Assigned |
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982 Vendor Advisory |