CVE-2020-7252 is a local denial-of-service and malicious file execution vulnerability affecting McAfee Data eXchange Layer (DXL) Framework 6.0.0 and earlier, specifically within the DXL Broker on Windows systems. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) arises from an unquoted service executable path, allowing an attacker with local access to execute arbitrary code by placing carefully named executables. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_exchange_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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