CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-7311

7.0 HIGH Published 2020-09-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-09-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to assume SYSTEM rights during the installation of MA via manipulation of log files.

Affected configurations

• mcafee mcafee agent (< 5.6.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References