CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Agent up to 5.6.5 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a process control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-114. Executing commands or loading libraries from an untrusted source or in an untrusted environment can cause an application to execute malicious commands (and payloads) on behalf of an attacker. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.
The weakness was released 09/10/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-7314 since 01/21/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 5.6.6 eliminates this vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 161109, 161110 and 161112.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 8.2
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Process controlCWE: CWE-114
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Agent 5.6.6
Timeline
01/21/2020 🔍09/10/2020 🔍
09/11/2020 🔍
09/11/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mcafee.comAdvisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2020-7314 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 09/11/2020 08:40Updated: 09/11/2020 08:45
Changes: 09/11/2020 08:40 (41), 09/11/2020 08:45 (11)
Complete: 🔍
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