CVE-2020-7312

DLL Search Order Hijacking in MA for Windows

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

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

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-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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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