CVE-2019-3587

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability

View on CVE.org

Published Jan 23, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Prior to 16.0.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Affected Products

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

Total Protection (MTP)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All`	affected	< 16.0.R18

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-13222	DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Prior to 16.0.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.373% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS102887

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

Microsoft Windows

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 7:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: trellix
Published: Jan 23, 2019, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 7:12 PM
Reserved: Jan 3, 2019, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 23, 2019, 3:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "Total Protection (MTP)", "vendor": "Mcafee", "versions": [{"lessThan": "16.0.R18", "status": "affected", "version": "All", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "datePublic": "2019-01-23T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Prior to 16.0.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_0": {"attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.2, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.0"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2019-01-23T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "01626437-bf8f-4d1c-912a-893b5eb04808", "shortName": "trellix"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS102887"}], "source": {"discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "title": "DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability", "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "psirt@mcafee.com", "ID": "CVE-2019-3587", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "Total Protection (MTP)", "version": {"version_data": [{"affected": "<", "version_affected": "<", "version_name": "All", "version_value": "16.0.R18"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "Mcafee"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Prior to 16.0.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder."}]}, "impact": {"cvss": {"attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.2, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.0"}}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS102887", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS102887"}]}, "source": {"discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T19:12:09.648Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS102887"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "01626437-bf8f-4d1c-912a-893b5eb04808", "assignerShortName": "trellix", "cveId": "CVE-2019-3587", "datePublished": "2019-01-23T15:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T19:12:09.648Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "Total Protection (MTP)", "vendor": "Mcafee", "versions": [{"lessThan": "16.0.R18", "status": "affected", "version": "All", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "source": "trellixpsirt@trellix.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "D9B1F334-488B-4201-B5AA-79C8EE5E50D4", "versionEndExcluding": "16.0.18", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}, {"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A2572D17-1DE6-457B-99CC-64AFD54487EA", "vulnerable": false}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Prior to 16.0.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de secuestro de orden de b\u00fasqueda de DLL en el cliente de McAfee Total Protection (MTP), en versiones anteriores a la 16.0.18, permite que usuarios locales ejecuten c\u00f3digo arbitrario mediante una carpeta comprometida."}], "id": "CVE-2019-3587", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:35:16.797", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 6.8, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}], "cvssMetricV30": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.2, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 0.6, "impactScore": 6.0, "source": "trellixpsirt@trellix.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 0.6, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2019-01-23T15:29:00.457", "references": [{"source": "trellixpsirt@trellix.com", "url": "http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS102887"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS102887"}], "sourceIdentifier": "trellixpsirt@trellix.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-426"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}