McAfee Exploit Detection/Response up to 3.1.0 on Mac insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response up to 3.1.0 on Mac. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to insufficient privileges. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-7288. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response up to 3.1.0 on Mac. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-274. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Mac prior to 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.

The weakness was disclosed 05/08/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-7288 since 01/21/2020. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying the patch 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries VDB-154949, VDB-154950, VDB-154951 and VDB-154953 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Insufficient privileges
CWE: CWE-274 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: 3.1.0 Hotfix 1

Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
05/08/2020 +108 days 🔍
05/09/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/16/2020 +160 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-7288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154952
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2020 14:44
Updated: 10/16/2020 11:15
Changes: 05/09/2020 14:44 (40), 05/09/2020 14:49 (11), 10/16/2020 11:08 (1), 10/16/2020 11:15 (1)
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