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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-7284 – McAfee Network Security Management command execution

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper restriction of shell commands. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands and gain access to the root account.

Impact

Unauthorized Access

Affected Vendors

McAfee

Affected Products

  • McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) 9.1.7.11
  • McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) 10.1.7.6

Remediation

Update to Network Security Manager (NSM) 9.2.9.55 or 10.1.7.7.

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