CVE-2020-7290: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Linux prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions…

PriorityP336high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.24%

15.3th percentile

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Linux 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.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mcafee	active_response	< 2.4.3	2.4.3
mcafee	active_response	—	—
mcafee_llc	mcafee_active_response_for_linux	>= 2.4.x < 2.4.3 Hotfix 1	2.4.3 Hotfix 1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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