DLP Endpoint log file redirection to arbitrary locations

published 2019-07-24 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13257

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLPe) for Windows 11.x prior to 11.3.0 allows authenticated user to redirect DLPe log files to arbitrary locations via incorrect access control applied to the DLPe log folder allowing privileged users to create symbolic links.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee, LLC Data Loss Prevention (DLPe) for Windows 11.3.0

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Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee, LLC Data Loss Prevention (DLPe) for Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3622
NVD CVE-2019-3622

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