CVE-2020-7253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

Published: 2020-03-12

Score: 5.7 Medium

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 Agent (MA)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.6.x`	affected	< 5.6.4

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28380	Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00105.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Agent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-03-12T10:55:14.321Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:53:32.479Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-7253

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-12T11:15:12.610

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:36:55.970

Link: CVE-2020-7253

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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