VSE Escalation of Privileges through Alert pop-up window

published 2020-06-10 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13220

cvss: 7.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 14 may allow local users to interact with the On-Access Scan Messages - Threat Alert Window with elevated privileges via running McAfee Tray with elevated privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee, LLC McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 Patch 14

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Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

McAfee, LLC McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3585
NVD CVE-2019-3585

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