High · 7.8 CVE-2020-7311 EUVD-2020-28438GHSA-fjmh-g39v-6932

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows

Published Sep 10, 2020 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by trellix

Vendor: McAfee Product: MA for Windows Platform: Windows

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.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
McAfee	MA for Windows	5.6.x – < 5.6.6	5.6.6

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325