Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MAR for Linux

published 2020-05-08 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28417

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee,LLC McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Linux 2.4.3 Hotfix 1

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Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee,LLC McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10317

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7290
NVD CVE-2020-7290

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