CVE-2020-7289
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MAR for Windows
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MAR for Windows
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.
- Record
CVE-2020-7289- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-274
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28416
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28416- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jpr9-4qqq-466f No score
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3...
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.
- Record
GHSA-jpr9-4qqq-466f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Active Response (MAR) for Windows prior to 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 allows a malicious script or program to perform functions that the local executing user has not been granted access to.
- Record
CVE-2020-7289- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/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-274, CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7289 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Mcafee Active Response, published May 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.