CVE-2020-7274
ENS elevated permissions vulnerability
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McTray.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update 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).
Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en el archivo McTray.exe en McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) para Windows versiones anteriores a 10.7.0 Update de Abril de 2020, permite a usuarios locales generar procesos no relacionados con privilegios elevados por medio del administrador del sistema que otorga privilegios elevados al archivo McTray.exe (por defecto se ejecuta con los privilegios del usuario actual).
*Credits:
McAfee credits Lockheed Martin Red Team for reporting this flaw
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2020-01-21 CVE Reserved
- 2020-04-15 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
References (1)
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| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 | X_refsource_confirm |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.5.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.5.0" | windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.5.1 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.5.1" | windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.5.2 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.5.2" | windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.5.3 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.5.3" | windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.5.4 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.5.4" | windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.5.5 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.5.5" | windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.6.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.6.0" | windows |
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