Privilege escalation in Mcafee Endpoint Security
CVE-2020-7274
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 class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (12.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Endpoint Security — versions 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2
- Mcafee Llc Endpoint Security (Ens) — versions 10.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7274?
- CVE-2020-7274 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2020-04-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7274?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.