CVE-2020-7291 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Mac prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.

Published: 2020-05-08

Score: 7.8 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 Active Response (MAR) for Mac

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.4.x`	affected	< 2.4.3 Hotfix 1

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_response::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_response:2.4.3:-::::::

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-28418	Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Mac prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10317

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Macos

Mcafee Active Response

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-05-08T12:45:14.656Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:23:16.135Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-7291

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-08T13:15:11.543

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:37:00.100

Link: CVE-2020-7291

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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