SB2020021814 - Denial of service in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Broker
Published: February 18, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020021814
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Unquoted Search Path or Element (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7252)
CWE-ID: CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an unquoted service executable path in DXL Broker. A local administrator can cause a denial of service condition and malicious file execution via carefully crafted and named executable files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.