McAfee Agent up to 5.6.5 on Windows Installer insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in McAfee Agent up to 5.6.5 on Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Installer. Performing a manipulation results in insufficient privileges. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2020-7311. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in McAfee Agent up to 5.6.5 on Windows. This affects an unknown code of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-274. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to assume SYSTEM rights during the installation of MA via manipulation of log files.

The weakness was shared 09/10/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-7311 since 01/21/2020. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.6.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-161110, VDB-161111 and VDB-161112 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Agent 5.6.6

Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
09/10/2020 +233 days 🔍
09/11/2020 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-7311 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7311
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161109
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2020 08:40
Updated: 09/11/2020 08:45
Changes: 09/11/2020 08:40 (41), 09/11/2020 08:45 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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