CVE-2020-7255

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative user interface in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to gain elevated privileges via ENS not checking user permissions when editing configuration in the ENS client interface. Administrators can lock the ENS client interface through ePO to prevent users being able to edit the configuration.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-7255
  • Assigner
  • psirt@mcafee.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-04-15T13:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-04-21T17:18:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.5
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7255
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7255
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:43:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 14:27:34 2020-04-15T13:15Z 2020-04-15T13:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 14:27:34 2020-04-21T17:18:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 14:27:34 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated