CVE-2020-7274
MEDIUMMcAfee Endpoint Security for Windows - Privilege Escalation via McTray.exe
Title source: llmDescription
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McTray.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309
Scores
CVSS v3
6.6
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (7)
mcafee/endpoint_security
10.5.0
mcafee/endpoint_security
10.5.1
mcafee/endpoint_security
10.5.2
mcafee/endpoint_security
10.5.3
mcafee/endpoint_security
10.5.4
mcafee/endpoint_security
10.5.5
mcafee/endpoint_security
10.6.0
Published
Apr 15, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026