CVE-2020-7314

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in mcafee mcafee agent. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2020-09-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:mcafee_agent

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325

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