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Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

CVE-2020-7252

Severity Medium
Score 4.2/10

Summary

Unquoted service executable path in DXL Broker in McAfee Data eXchange Layer (DXL) Framework 6.0.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and malicious file execution via carefully crafted and named executable files.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published