VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-7274

CVSS score6.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McTray.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Primary references