CVE-2020-7254

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) versions prior to 4.8.2

Description The issue concerns a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code via improper access controls on the sudo command. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access and execution of malicious code.

Recommendations For McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) versions prior to 4.8.2, update to version 4.8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the sudo command to minimize the risk of exploitation.