# CVE-2019-3628: Privilege escalation could allow authenticated user to gain access to a core system

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges to access core system components due to incorrect access control in McAfee ESM.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97x4-67g6-2fgm

## What is CVE-2019-3628?

CVE-2019-3628 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), published on 27 Jun 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

Privilege escalation in McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) 11.x prior to 11.2.0 allows authenticated user to gain access to a core system component via incorrect access control.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3628?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Enterprise Security Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-3628?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3628 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-3628 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3628 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in McAfee, LLC McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)

- [CVE-2019-3632](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3632/): Directory Traversal vulnerability could lead to elevated privileges (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2019-3629](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3629/): Application protections bypass vulnerability could allow unauthenticated user to impersonate system users (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2019-3630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3630/): Command Injection could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2019-3631](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3631/): Command Injection could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2015-7310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7310/): Command injection in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3628 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-3628 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), published on 27 Jun 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3628 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: McAfee, LLC McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3628/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3628/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3628
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3628
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3628

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