Vulnerability in Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention

CVE-2020-7279

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer component of McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention System (Host IPS) for Windows prior to 8.0.0 Patch 15 Update allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-7279: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7279?
CVE-2020-7279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2020-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-7279?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.