CVE-2020-7253
Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent
MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: March 12, 2020 at 10:55 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAgent
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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-20
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