PT-2020-19502 · Mcafee · Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense

Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2020-03-17 · CVE-2020-7254

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) versions prior to 4.8.2

Description The issue concerns a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code via improper access controls on the sudo command. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access and execution of malicious code.

Recommendations For McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) versions prior to 4.8.2, update to version 4.8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the sudo command to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7254

Affected Products

Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7254 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7254 · Security Note
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10311 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1540 · Telegram Post