McAfee VirusScan Enterprise < 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (SB10316)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136668

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Synopsis

The antivirus application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee VirusScan Enterprise version 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136668

File Name: mcafee_vse_sb10316.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/15/2020

Updated: 7/2/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7266

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise

Required KB Items: Antivirus/McAfee/installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7266

IAVA: 2020-A-0202

MCAFEE-SB: SB10316

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