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McAfee Agent: CVE-2020-7253: Mcafee agent update fixes an improper access control vulnerability (SB10312)

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McAfee Agent: CVE-2020-7253: Mcafee agent update fixes an improper access control vulnerability (SB10312)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/12/2020
Created
08/12/2020
Added
08/11/2020
Modified
08/11/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-5-4-266
  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-6-4-151

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