CVE-2019-3585 — VSE Escalation of Privileges through Alert pop-up window

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HIGH

VSE Escalation of Privileges through Alert pop-up window

Published Jun 10, 2020

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.28%

Description

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.

Affected products

Vendor McAfee, LLC Product McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) Default
n/a
- Version
  8.8.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <8.8 Patch 14

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

McAfee, LLC

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
8.8.x	affected	<8.8 Patch 14

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.28% 0.00283

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00283

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (8 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.28% (0.00283)	18.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.28% (0.00283)	21.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.40% (0.01404)	49.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.98% (0.00985)	27.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.22% (0.00221)	0.00th	v1