Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2020-7278McAfee firewall rules not enforced correctly

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) from McAfee LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels vulnerability in ENS Firewall in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 and 10.6.1 April 2020 updates allows remote attackers and local users to allow or block unauthorized traffic via pre-existing rules not being handled correctly when updating to the February 2020 updates.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.7.x – before 10.7.0 April 2020 Update10.6.x – before 10.6.1 April 2020 Update

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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