CVE-2020-7337 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Local administrators can bypass security protections by manipulating Code Integrity checks due to incorrect permission assignments in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7337?
CVE-2020-7337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC VirusScan Enterprise (VSE), published on 9 Dec 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
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 16 allows local administrators to bypass local security protection through VSE not correctly integrating with Windows Defender Application Control via careful manipulation of the Code Integrity checks.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7337?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7337?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7337 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7337 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee, LLC VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)
- CVE-2009-5118 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2020-7266 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows
- CVE-2020-7267 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL
- CVE-2016-8023 Auth bypass in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)
- CVE-2016-8024 Other in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-38q2-qj9f-p542.