CVE-2020-7284
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Exposure of Sensitive Information in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) prior to 10.1.7.7 allows local users to gain unauthorised access to the root account via execution of carefully crafted commands from the restricted command line interface (CLI).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- mcafee network security management10.0 → 10.1.7.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- mcafee network security management9.0 → 9.2.9.55nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47084cnnvd
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10322cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7284cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2298/cnnvd
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10322enisa_euvd
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10322nvd
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