CVE-2020-7293

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.0CRITICAL
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mcafee Mcafee WEB Gateway (mwg)Mcafee WEB Gateway
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user with low permissions to change the system's root password via improper access controls in the user interface.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.3 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDmcafee/web_gateway7.8.0 — 7.8.2.23+2
▶CVEListV5mcafee/mcafee_web_gateway_(mwg)unspecified — 9.2.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hw3r-8g7v-p8rq: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Web Gateway (MWG) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability↗2020-09-15
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