Directory Traversal vulnerability could lead to elevated privileges

published 2019-06-27 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13267

cvss: 8.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

Directory Traversal vulnerability in McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) prior to 11.2.0 and prior to 10.4.0 allows authenticated user to gain elevated privileges via specially crafted input.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee, LLC McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) 10.4.0, 11.2.0

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Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee, LLC McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3632
NVD CVE-2019-3632

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