McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 on Windows Protection Mechanism protection mechanism

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A vulnerability was found in McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 on Windows and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Protection Mechanism. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Protection mechanism failure in all processes in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to stop certain McAfee ENS processes, reducing the protection offered.

The weakness was released 04/15/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-7277 since 01/21/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Applying the patch 10.7.0 April 2020 Update is able to eliminate this problem.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-153842, VDB-153843, VDB-153844 and VDB-153845.

Productinfo

Vendor

McAfee

Name

Endpoint Security

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
04/15/2020 +85 days 🔍
04/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/27/2024 +1502 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-7277 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2020 02:57 PM
Updated: 05/27/2024 02:41 PM
Changes: 04/16/2020 02:57 PM (41), 04/16/2020 03:02 PM (11), 05/27/2024 02:41 PM (34)
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