Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2020 · Assigned by trellix
CVE-2020-7254Privilege escalation in Advanced Threat Defense
High 7.7
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) from McAfee, LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 4.x prior to 4.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via improper access controls on the sudo command.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| McAfee, LLC | McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) | 4.x – before 4.8.2 |
Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10311 x_refsource_CONFIRM