CVE-2019-3622 DLP Endpoint log file redirection to arbitrary locations

What is CVE-2019-3622?

CVE-2019-3622 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in McAfee, LLC Data Loss Prevention (DLPe) for Windows, published on 24 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLPe) for Windows 11.x prior to 11.3.0 allows authenticated user to redirect DLPe log files to arbitrary locations via incorrect access control applied to the DLPe log folder allowing privileged users to create symbolic links.

Weakness: CWE-552

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3622?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3622 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2019-3622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in McAfee, LLC Data Loss Prevention (DLPe) for Windows

• CVE-2021-31848 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension - Cross site scripting (XSS) High 8.4
• CVE-2021-31849 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension - SQL injection High 8.4
• CVE-2021-31844 Local Privilege Escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows High 8.2
• CVE-2021-23887 Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows High 7.8
• CVE-2016-8012 Privilege escalation in Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mmr7-4p3g-gvjm.