McAfee Agent up to 5.6.5 on Windows Installer process control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in McAfee Agent up to 5.6.5 on Windows. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to process control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-7314. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Agent up to 5.6.5 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a process control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-114. Executing commands or loading libraries from an untrusted source or in an untrusted environment can cause an application to execute malicious commands (and payloads) on behalf of an attacker. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.

The weakness was released 09/10/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-7314 since 01/21/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.6.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-161109, VDB-161110 and VDB-161112. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Process control
CWE: CWE-114
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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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-2020-7314 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7314
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161111
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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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