High severity · published May 8, 2020
CVE-2020-7289
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
Active Response · Mcafee
before 2.4.3; 2.4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7289
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7289
kc.mcafee.com
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10317
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