CVE-2020-7305 DLP ePO extension - Privilege escalation

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A low-privileged remote attacker can escalate privileges to create new rule sets in the McAfee DLP ePO extension due to incorrect credential validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-7305?

CVE-2020-7305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee DLP ePO extension, published on 13 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension prior to 11.5.3 allows a low privileged remote attacker to create new rule sets via incorrect validation of user credentials.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7305?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Data Loss Prevention.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7305?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7305 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-7305 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7m49-jjgq-fmqf.

Is CVE-2020-7305 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free