Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by trellix
CVE-2020-7274ENS elevated permissions vulnerability
Medium 6.6
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 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 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McTray.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| McAfee LLC | McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) | 10.x – before 10.7.0 April 2020 Update |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 x_refsource_CONFIRM