CVE-2020-7330 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial

High 7.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by editing environment variables to execute malicious software with elevated rights in McAfee Total Protection.

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-2020-7330?

CVE-2020-7330 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial, published on 14 Oct 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 Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.176.1 allows local users to schedule tasks which call malicious software to execute with elevated privileges via editing of environment variables

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7330?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Total Protection.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7330?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7330 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-7330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mvwc-p8x5-m24p.

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