CVE-2020-7320

MEDIUM

McAfee ENS <10.7.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10327

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-693

Status published

Affected Products (1)

mcafee/endpoint_security < 10.7.0

Timeline

Published Sep 09, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026