CVE-2020-7254

Privilege escalation in Advanced Threat Defense

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Published Mar 12, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

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 Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.x`	affected	< 4.8.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28381	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.300% 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=SB10311

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:37 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: trellix
Published: Mar 12, 2020, 11:00 AM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:37 PM
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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