CVE-2020-7253

Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent

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Published Mar 12, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee, LLC

McAfee Agent (MA)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.6.x`	affected	< 5.6.4

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28380	Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.237% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Agent

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:53 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: trellix
Published: Mar 12, 2020, 10:55 AM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:53 AM
Reserved: Jan 21, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:24 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 12, 2020, 11:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:24 AM

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