What is CVE-2020-7308?

CVE-2020-7308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-7308?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security

CVE-2020-7308

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information between McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) servers using DNS allows a remote attacker to view the requests from ENS and responses from GTI over DNS. By gaining control of an intermediate DNS server or altering the network DNS configuration, it is possible for an attacker to intercept requests and send their own responses.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mcafee Endpoint_security — versions 10.6.1, 10.7.0
Mcafee,llc Mcafee Endpoint Security (Ens) For Windows — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7308?: CVE-2020-7308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-7308?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.