CVE-2019-3646 describes a DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability affecting McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Free Antivirus Trial 16.0.R18 and earlier on Microsoft Windows clients. This flaw allows a local attacker with administrator rights to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in a compromised folder. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring high privileges, but with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 16.0.r18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:free_trial:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
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