Is CVE-2020-7290 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-7290 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-7290?

CVE-2020-7290 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-7290?

CVE-2020-7290 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7290?

Upgrade active response to 2.4.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7290

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Linux prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.

CWE-274 CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

active responseNVD

Affected:< 2.4.3Fixed in:2.4.3CVE-2020-7290derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.