VDB-153848 · CVE-2020-7274 · GCVE-0-2020-7274

McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 on Windows McTray.exe privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 on Windows. This affects an unknown part of the file McTray.exe. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-7274. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file McTray.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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).

The weakness was presented 04/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-7274 since 01/21/2020. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying the patch 10.7.0 April 2020 Update is able to eliminate this problem.

See VDB-153842, VDB-153843, VDB-153844 and VDB-153845 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

McAfee

Name

Endpoint Security

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
04/15/2020 +85 days 🔍
04/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/27/2024 +1502 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-7274 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7274
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-153848
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2020 14:53
Updated: 05/27/2024 14:35
Changes: 04/16/2020 14:53 (41), 04/16/2020 14:58 (11), 05/27/2024 14:35 (34)
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