CVE-2020-7255 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows versions prior to the 10.7.0 February 2020 Update. This flaw allows a local, authenticated user to gain elevated privileges by manipulating ENS client configurations due to insufficient permission checks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with potential impacts limited to low integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
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