CVE-2020-7278

HIGH

McAfee Endpoint Security for Windows - Improper Access Control in Firewall Rule Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-284 CWE-862
Status published
Products (7)
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.5.0
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.5.1
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.5.2
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.5.3
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.5.4
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.5.5
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.6.0
Published Apr 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026