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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2020-7324

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Improper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee MVISION Endpoint prior to 20.9 Update allows local users to bypass security mechanisms and deny access to the SYSTEM folder via incorrectly applied permissions.

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

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published