Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in McAfee Agent - CVE-2020-7311
Published: September 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46681
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7311
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the installer, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
McAfee Agent
How to mitigate CVE-2020-7311
Install updates from vendor's website.
McAfee Agent - update to 5.6.6