CVE-2020-7315 DLL Injection vulnerability in MA for Windows

Medium 6.0 Published Updated

Local attackers can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL, affecting McAfee Agent for Windows installations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-7315?

CVE-2020-7315 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in McAfee LLC MA for Windows, published on 10 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

DLL Injection Vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via careful placement of a malicious DLL.

Weakness: CWE-426

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7315?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Mcafee Agent.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7315?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7315 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2020-7315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-43wv-9cr7-p3pg.

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