CVE-2019-3637 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in FRP 5.x earlier than 5.1.0.209

Medium 4.1 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by running McAfee Tray with elevated privileges in vulnerable versions of McAfee FRP.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-3637?

CVE-2019-3637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee FRP, published on 14 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee FRP 5.x prior to 5.1.0.209 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via running McAfee Tray with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3637?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee File and Removable Media Protection.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3637?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3637 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-3637 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3637 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jxjm-2p8x-4j4m.

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