CVE-2020-7311 (GCVE-0-2020-7311)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-10 09:45
Modified
2024-09-17 01:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to assume SYSTEM rights during the installation of MA via manipulation of log files.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee LLC MA for Windows Version: 5.6.x   < 5.6.6
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