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 users privileges).
Weakness
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.0 (including) | 10.5.0 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.1 (including) | 10.5.1 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.2 (including) | 10.5.2 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.3 (including) | 10.5.3 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.4 (including) | 10.5.4 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.5 (including) | 10.5.5 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.6.0 (including) | 10.6.0 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/233.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/58.html
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10309
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10309