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.
Published 2020-09-15 23:15:12
Updated 2022-01-06 14:19:25
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Vulnerability category: BypassGain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2020-7293

Threat overview for CVE-2020-7293

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2020-7293 61
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-7293

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 10 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-7293

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.7
HIGH AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.1
10.0
NIST
9.0
CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.3
6.0
NIST
9.0
CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.3
6.0
McAfee (DEFUNCT)

CWE ids for CVE-2020-7293

  • When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
    Assigned by:
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
    • psirt@mcafee.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2020-7293

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