Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2020-7259Unsigned executable vulnerability in ENS can be used to bypass intended self-protection rules

Medium 6.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Exploitation of Privilege/Trust vulnerability in file in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to bypass local security protection via a carefully crafted input file

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x – before 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

Weakness: CWE-264 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

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