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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-7254 · published 12 March 2020

CVE-2020-7254: Mcafee advanced threat defense permissions and access controls vulnerability

MMcafee · Advanced Threat Defense

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 4.x prior to 4.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via improper access controls on the sudo command.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.30% · top 79.4% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controlsCWE-269 · Improper privilege management
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.6
0.30%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 4.x prior to 4.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via improper access controls on the sudo command.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10311
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10311

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-7254), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.