McAfee Active Response up to 2.4.3 on Linux insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in McAfee Active Response up to 2.4.3 on Linux. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to insufficient privileges. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-7290. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in McAfee Active Response up to 2.4.3 on Linux. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-274. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Linux prior to 2.4.3 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 shared 05/08/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-7290 since 01/21/2020. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries VDB-154949, VDB-154950, VDB-154951 and VDB-154952 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: 2.4.3 Hotfix 1

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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-2020-7290 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7290
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154954
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2020 14:45
Updated: 10/16/2020 11:39
Changes: 05/09/2020 14:45 (40), 05/09/2020 14:50 (11), 10/16/2020 11:35 (1), 10/16/2020 11:39 (1)
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