PT-2020-19546 · Mcafee · Mcafee Data Exchange Layer (Dxl) Client For Mac

Published 2020-09-10 · Updated 2022-06-01 · CVE-2020-7314

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac versions prior to 5.6.6

Description A privilege escalation issue exists due to incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files in the installer. This allows local users to execute commands as root.

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

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7314

Affected Products

Mcafee Data Exchange Layer (Dxl) Client For Mac

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7314 · Security Note
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325 · Note