CVE-2020-7259 is a privilege/trust vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) versions prior to the 10.7.0 February 2020 Update. This flaw allows a local attacker to bypass security protections by providing a specially crafted input file. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a low-complexity attack vector that could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
10.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
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