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CVE-2020-7293


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.


Published

2020-09-15T23:15:12.440

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:37:00.333

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.0 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

5.1

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-287
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mcafee web_gateway < 7.8.2.23 Yes
Application mcafee web_gateway < 8.2.11 Yes
Application mcafee web_gateway < 9.2.3 Yes

References