McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 on Windows ACL Parameter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

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 component ACL. This manipulation as part of Parameter causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-7273. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ACL. The manipulation as part of a Parameter leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Accessing functionality not properly constrained by ACLs vulnerability in the autorun start-up protection in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to delete or rename programs in the autorun key via manipulation of some parameters.

The weakness was disclosed 04/15/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-7273 since 01/21/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

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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-2020-7273 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7273
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-153847
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2020 14:53
Updated: 05/27/2024 14:33
Changes: 04/16/2020 14:53 (42), 04/16/2020 14:58 (11), 05/27/2024 14:33 (34)
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