CVE-2020-7253

Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent

Severity Score

4.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

Una vulnerabilidad de control de acceso inapropiado en el archivo masvc.exe en McAfee Agent (MA) versiones anteriores a 5.6.4, permite a usuarios locales con privilegios de administrador deshabilitar la autoprotección mediante una utilidad de la línea de comandos suministrada por McAfee.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-01-21 CVE Reserved
2020-03-12 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Agent Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent"				>= 5.5.0 < 5.5.4 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent" and version " >= 5.5.0 < 5.5.4"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Agent Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent"				>= 5.6.0 < 5.6.4 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent" and version " >= 5.6.0 < 5.6.4"		-		Affected