Vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security

CVE-2020-7320

Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.7% 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-2020-7320: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7320?
CVE-2020-7320 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-7320?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7320 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.