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High · 7.5 CVE-2019-3636 EUVD-2019-13271GHSA-fcqr-w4fr-6f6x

File masquerade attack vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection

Published Oct 28, 2019 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by trellix

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
McAfee, LCC McAfee Total Protection 16 – < 16.0.R22 16.0.R22

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