Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2021 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2020-7308Transmission of data in clear text by McAfee ENS

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows 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 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows	unspecified – before 10.7.0 February 2021 Update

Weakness: CWE-319 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354 x_refsource_CONFIRM