CVE-2020-7311

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 10, 2020
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Jan 21, 2020

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	trellix

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MA for WindowsMcAfee LLC	5.6.x to before 5.6.6Affected

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325

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