Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2020-7255Privilege Escalation vulnerability  in ENS

Low 3.9

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw 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)3.9Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative user interface in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to gain elevated privileges via ENS not checking user permissions when editing configuration in the ENS client interface. Administrators can lock the ENS client interface through ePO to prevent users being able to edit the configuration.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee LLC	McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)	10.x – before 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

Weakness: CWE-264 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 x_refsource_CONFIRM