CVE-2020-7254
Privilege escalation in 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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege escalation in 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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7254- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28381
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28381- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3r2j-2m96-x2cp No score
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the command line interface in McAfee Advanced Threat...
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.
- Record
GHSA-3r2j-2m96-x2cp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7254- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - 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 - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7254 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.7) in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense, published March 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.