CVE-2020-7284 is a vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Management
Published on July 3, 2020
Network Security Management (NSM) - Exposure of Sensitive Information
Exposure of Sensitive Information in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) prior to 10.1.7.7 allows local users to gain unauthorised access to the root account via execution of carefully crafted commands from the restricted command line interface (CLI).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-7284 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2020-7284 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-7284
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Affected Versions
McAfee Network Security Management (NSM):- Version unspecified and below 10.1.7.7 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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