CVE-2020-7274 (GCVE-0-2020-7274)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-15 11:30 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:04
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Summary
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).
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Affected: 10.x , < 10.7.0 April 2020 Update (custom)
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Credits
McAfee credits Lockheed Martin Red Team for reporting this flaw
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