PT-2020-19559 · Mcafee · Mcafee Total Protection

Published 2020-10-14 · Updated 2020-10-27 · CVE-2020-7330

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Total Protection versions prior to 4.0.176.1

Description The issue allows local users to schedule tasks that call malicious software to execute with elevated privileges via editing of environment variables. This is a result of a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0.176.1, update to version 4.0.176.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to scheduling tasks and editing environment variables to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7330

Affected Products

Mcafee Total Protection

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7330 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7330 · Vendor Advisory
• http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103082 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/15252 · Telegram Post