title: Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges
description: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 13 allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).
problem types: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
affected:
{
platforms: Windows
product:  VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)
vendor: McAfee, LLC
versions:
lessThan: 8.8 Patch 13, status: affected, version: 8.8, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: PHYSICAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 6.8
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: HIGH
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.0
]