VDB-156533 · CVE-2020-7280 · GCVE-0-2020-7280

McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 14 DAT Update privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 14. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component DAT Update Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-7280. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 14 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component DAT Update Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links. This is timing dependent.

The weakness was presented 06/10/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-7280 since 01/21/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Applying the patch 8.8 Patch 15 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Type

Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

McAfee

Name

Virus Scan Enterprise

Version

8.8 Patch 14

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: 8.8 Patch 15

Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
06/10/2020 +141 days 🔍
06/11/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/24/2020 +135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2020-7280 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7280
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156533
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2020 12:15
Updated: 10/24/2020 10:38
Changes: 06/11/2020 12:15 (40), 06/11/2020 12:20 (12), 10/24/2020 10:31 (1), 10/24/2020 10:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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