CVE-2020-7284 describes a sensitive information exposure vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) versions prior to 10.1.7.7. This flaw allows a local attacker with restricted CLI access to execute crafted commands, leading to unauthorized root account access. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.0, < 9.2.9.55CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.1.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.