PT-2020-19545 · Mcafee · Mcafee Agent

Published 2020-09-10 · Updated 2020-09-15 · CVE-2020-7312

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows versions prior to 5.6.6

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder. This is due to a DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.6.6, update to version 5.6.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7312

Affected Products

Mcafee Agent

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7312 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325 · Note