SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-7253

Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.24%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

CVSS 3.1
4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.24% probability · 15th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284, CWE-20
Affected
mcafee/agent
Source
trellixpsirt@trellix.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.