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CVE-2020-7278

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7278 describes an access control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows, specifically affecting versions prior to the April 2020 updates for 10.7.0 and 10.6.1. This flaw allows remote or local attackers to bypass firewall rules, enabling unauthorized traffic due to incorrect handling of pre-existing rules after the February 2020 updates. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impacts, allowing unauthorized traffic to be allowed or blocked. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index