mcafee total-protection CVE-2020-7298 is a vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection
Published on August 5, 2020

Total Protection (MTP) - Unexpected behavior violation
Unexpected behavior violation in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 allows local users to turn off real time scanning via a specially crafted object making a specific function call.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-7298 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2020-7298

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Affected Versions

McAfee Total Protection (MTP):

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.05%
Percentile
14.63%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.