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CVE-2020-7293

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CVE-2020-7293

Published: Sep 15, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.0

CRITICAL

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee

McAfee Web Gateway (MWG)

affected
unspecified - < 9.2.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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