CVE-2020-7279

MEDIUM

McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention < 8.0.0 Patch 15 Update - DLL Search Order Hijacking in Installer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer component of McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention System (Host IPS) for Windows prior to 8.0.0 Patch 15 Update allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/host_intrusion_prevention 8.0.0 (16 CPE variants)
Published Jun 10, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026