CVE-2020-7263 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2020-7263

ENS configuration can be edited by attacker with local administrator permissions

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper access control vulnerability in ESconfigTool.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows all current versions allows local administrator to alter ENS configuration up to and including disabling all protection offered by ENS via insecurely implemented encryption of configuration for export and import.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

McAfee credits Donny Maasland from Fox-IT for reporting this flaw.

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10314

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Endpoint Security (ENS) for Window

Vulnerable Versions:

10.7.x, 10.6.x

Timeline

Official Publish: April 1st, 2020

Last Modified: September 16th, 2024

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1087 Account Discovery

T1485 Data Destruction