Privilege escalation in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense

CVE-2020-7254

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-7254: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7254?
CVE-2020-7254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-7254?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.