CVE-2020-7314 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the installer for McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac, specifically versions shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to 5.6.6. This flaw allows a local, authenticated attacker to execute commands as root due to improperly set permissions on temporary files. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires local access and low privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.