CVE-2019-3628
Privilege escalation could allow authenticated user to gain access to a core system
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege escalation could allow authenticated user to gain access to a core system
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-3628- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-13263
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-13263- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97x4-67g6-2fgm
Privilege escalation in McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) 11.x prior to 11.2.0 allows...
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.
- Record
GHSA-97x4-67g6-2fgm- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-3628- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-3628 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mcafee Enterprise Security Manager, published June 27, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.96%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.