CVE-2020-7274

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).

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.5:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.6.0:::::windows::

Information

Published : 2020-04-15 05:15

Updated : 2020-04-20 13:56

NVD link : CVE-2020-7274

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7274

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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Products Affected

mcafee

endpoint_security

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