CVE-2020-7254 | BDVDB-2026-132182 Detail

McAfeeMcAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)

Description#

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 4.x prior to 4.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via improper access controls on the sudo command.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References#

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10311

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12020-03-12Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2020-03-12
Last modified: 2024-09-16

Vendor information

Vendor: McAfee
Product: McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)

All McAfee vulnerabilities

Score

7.7 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 22.9.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 4.x and < 4.8.2
Fixed
4.8.2

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

7.7 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).