CVE-2020-7296 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to access protected configuration files via improper access control in the user interface.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00088.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee

McAfee Web Gateway (MWG)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 9.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway::::::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Mcafee Subscribe	Web Gateway Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28423	Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to access protected configuration files via improper access control in the user interface.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10323

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-09-15T23:10:14

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:25:48.991Z

Reserved: 2020-01-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-7296

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-15T23:15:12.673

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:37:00.670

Link: CVE-2020-7296

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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