CVE-2020-7277 McAfee processes not protected
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7277 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-7277 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS), published on 15 Apr 2020.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7277/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7277/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7277?
CVE-2020-7277 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS), published on 15 Apr 2020.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7277?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Endpoint Security.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7277?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7277 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
- CVE-2020-7319 Improper Access Control Vulnerability in ENS for Windows
- CVE-2020-7264 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows
- CVE-2020-7265 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENSM
- CVE-2019-3582 McAfee Endpoint Security updates fix a privilege escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2020-7257 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through Symbolic links in ENS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xg6m-4668-h9qh.