CVE-2020-7253 (GCVE-0-2020-7253)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-03-12 10:55
Modified
2024-09-17 03:53
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312
Impacted products
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McAfee, LLC McAfee Agent (MA) Version: 5.6.x   < 5.6.4
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