ENS elevated permissions vulnerability
CVE-2020-7274
6.6MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Mcafee Llc
- Status
- Mcafee Endpoint Security (ens)
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 15 April 2020
Summary
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).
Affected Version(s)
McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x < 10.7.0 April 2020 Update
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
6.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
McAfee credits Lockheed Martin Red Team for reporting this flaw