CVE-2020-7287

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Linux prior to 3.1.0 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-274CWE-269

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Exploit Detection and Response (EDR) for Linux>= 3.1.x, < 3.1.0 Hotfix 1

References

Timeline

Published
May 8, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-7287: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix