CVE-2020-7320 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee LLC

Endpoint Security for Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.7.x`	affected	< 10.7.0 September 2020 Update

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Mcafee Subscribe	Endpoint Security Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28447	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10327

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-09-09T09:15:14.912Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:09:55.110Z

Reserved: 2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-7320

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-09T10:15:11.477

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:37:03.443

Link: CVE-2020-7320

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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