CVE-2020-7253 is an improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) versions prior to 5.6.4, specifically affecting masvc.exe. This flaw allows local users with administrator privileges to disable the agent's self-protection mechanism using a McAfee-provided command-line utility. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in a high impact on integrity (disabling self-protection). There is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.