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TI-2020-05918 Aliases CVE-2020-7314GHSA-jgjp-57q6-q7hv

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee DXL for Mac

Priority LOW 36CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00355 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed McAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA (McAfee LLC): 5.6.6

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
McAfeeMcAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA5.6.x to before 5.6.65.6.6Patch availableCNA
  • McAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA VendorMcAfee Affected 5.6.x to before 5.6.6 Fixed in 5.6.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*before 5.6.6VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions before 5.6.6 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA McAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA (McAfee LLC) Fixed in 5.6.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7314
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jgjp-57q6-q7hv

References

Other 1

  • TI-2021-11835 DLL side loading vulnerability in MA for Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2020-05917 DLL Search Order Hijacking in MA for Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-05916 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-11834 DLL preload vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2021-11830 Improper Privilege Management in MA for Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2017-02991 Improper input validation in Intel McAfee Agent CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
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