Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2020 · Assigned by trellix
CVE-2020-7330Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial 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 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.176.1 allows local users to schedule tasks which call malicious software to execute with elevated privileges via editing of environment variables
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial | unspecified – before 4.0.176.1 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103082 x_refsource_CONFIRM