File masquerade attack vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection
Published Oct 28, 2019
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.22%
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
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- Version 16StatusaffectedConstraints<16.0.R22
- Version
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, LCC | McAfee Total Protection | n/a |
|
- ≤ 16.0.r21
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 11.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 12.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 17.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 14.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 49.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 17.64% (0.17642) | 92.83th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 17.64% (0.17642) | 92.74th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 86.26th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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