CVE-2020-7314: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee DXL for Mac

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.

Affected products

Intel McAfee Agent: before 5.6.6 — fixed in 5.6.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel McAfee Agent 5.6.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325

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