{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7253 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-7253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee Agent (MA), published on 12 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7253 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-7253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee Agent (MA), published on 12 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7253 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: McAfee, LLC McAfee Agent (MA). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7253/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7253/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-7253","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7253/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-7253","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-c587-ph7f-xxrj"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Endpoint security agent","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Local administrators can bypass McAfee Agent self-protection using a command-line utility, disabling security controls.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"security_feature_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"trellix","cpe":[{"product":"agent","vendor":"mcafee"}],"cvss":{"score":5.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"},{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent","id":"CVE-2020-7253","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"security_feature_bypass","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Advanced Threat Defense","id":"CVE-2020-7254"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Unquoted service executable path","id":"CVE-2020-7252"},"products":["McAfee Agent (MA)"],"published":"2020-03-12","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Remote Logging functionality had a use after free vulnerability in McAfee Agent","id":"CVE-2018-6703","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-12-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"SQL injection vulnerability in McAfee Agent's ePO extension","id":"CVE-2022-1258","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-04-14"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"DLL high jacking in Trellix Agent","id":"CVE-2022-2313","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-27"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Improper privilege management in repair process of MA for Windows","id":"CVE-2021-31847","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-22"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-1256","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-04-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent","id":"CVE-2022-0166","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-19"},{"cvss_score":7.7,"headline":"Code injection vulnerability in McAfee Agent","id":"CVE-2021-31854","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["McAfee, LLC"]},"summary":"Local administrators can bypass McAfee Agent self-protection using a command-line utility, disabling security controls.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7253/"}