McAfee Web Gateway up to 9.2.0 REST Interface improper authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in McAfee Web Gateway up to 9.2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component REST Interface. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-7294. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Web Gateway up to 9.2.0 (Firewall Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component REST Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-7294 since 01/21/2020. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 9.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-158569, VDB-161281, VDB-161283 and VDB-161284 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authorization
CWE: CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Gateway 9.2.1

Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
09/15/2020 +238 days 🔍
09/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-7294 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7294
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161282
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2020 09:40
Updated: 09/16/2020 09:45
Changes: 09/16/2020 09:40 (40), 09/16/2020 09:45 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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