CVE-2020-7314 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.

Published: 2020-09-10

Score: 8.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 LLC

McAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.6.x`	affected	< 5.6.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28441	Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Mcafee Agent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-09-10T09:50:14.820Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:16:24.860Z

Reserved: 2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-7314

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-10T10:15:11.170

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:37:02.727

Link: CVE-2020-7314

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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