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CVE-2020-7255
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in ENS
Low3.9EPSS 0.23%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative user interface in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to gain elevated privileges via ENS not checking user permissions when editing configuration in the ENS client interface. Administrators can lock the ENS client interface through ePO to prevent users being able to edit the configuration.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.9.
Weakness
Affected products
McAfee LLC · McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
- affected 10.x – < 10.7.0 April 2020 Update
References (1)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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