CVE-2020-7254 Privilege escalation in Advanced Threat Defense
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges due to improper sudo access controls in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7254?
CVE-2020-7254 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD), published on 12 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7254?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7254?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7254 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7254 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7254 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee, LLC McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)
- CVE-2019-3663 Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Unprotected storage of shared credentials vulnerability
- CVE-2017-4052 Auth bypass in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)
- CVE-2017-4053 Command injection in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)
- CVE-2019-3651 Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Information Disclosure vulnerability
- CVE-2017-4054 Command injection in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3r2j-2m96-x2cp.