McAfee firewall rules not enforced correctly
CVE-2020-7278

7.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee Llc

Status
Mcafee Endpoint Security (ens)
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 April 2020

What is CVE-2020-7278?

Exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels vulnerability in ENS Firewall in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 and 10.6.1 April 2020 updates allows remote attackers and local users to allow or block unauthorized traffic via pre-existing rules not being handled correctly when updating to the February 2020 updates.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.7.x < 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.6.x < 10.6.1 April 2020 Update

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

McAfee credits EZ for reporting this flaw
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