Endpoint Detection And Response
CVE-2020-7287
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Insufficient privilege handling
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Linux prior to 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-274. Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Linux prior to 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to. Affected products include: Mcafee Endpoint Detection And Response. Version information: prior to 3.1.0.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Linux prior to 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response (SEDR) Appliance, prior to 4.7.0, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation
Cybereason EDR version 19.1.282 and above, 19.2.182 and above, 20.1.343 and above, and 20.2.X and above has a DLL hijack
The Malwarebytes EDR 1.0.11 for Linux driver doesn't properly ensure whitelisting of executable libraries loaded by exec
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Mac prior to 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 allows
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Windows prior to 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 al
Symantec Endpoint Detection & Response, prior to 4.5, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a
Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is
In Malwarebytes EDR 1.0.11 for Linux, it is possible to bypass the detection layers that depend on inode identifiers, be
GitHub PoC
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