CVE-2020-7254 is a vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense
Published on March 12, 2020
Privilege escalation in Advanced Threat Defense
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 4.x prior to 4.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via improper access controls on the sudo command.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-7254 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Types
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
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Affected Versions
McAfee, LLC McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD):- Version 4.x and below 4.8.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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