High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-3636
CVE-2019-3636
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
3- Range: <=16.0.R21
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=16.0.r21
- (no CPE)range: 16
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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