CVE-2020-7274 is a vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security
Published on April 15, 2020
ENS elevated permissions vulnerability
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McTray.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-7274 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a 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 high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-7274
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Affected Versions
McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS):- Version 10.x and below 10.7.0 April 2020 Update is affected.
Exploit Probability
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