CVE-2020-7255

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
McAfee LLCMcAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)10.x < 10.7.0 April 2020 Updateaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-264: CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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