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McAfee Agent: CVE-2020-7311: Mcafee agent update fixes four vulnerabilities (SB10325)

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McAfee Agent: CVE-2020-7311: Mcafee agent update fixes four vulnerabilities (SB10325)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/10/2020
Created
10/06/2020
Added
10/05/2020
Modified
10/05/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-6-6

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