CVE-2020-7331 is a vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security
Published on November 12, 2020
Unquoted service executable path in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
Unquoted service executable path in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) prior to 10.7.0 November 2020 Update allows local users to cause a denial of service and malicious file execution via carefully crafted and named executable files.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-7331 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Unquoted Search Path or Element
The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. If a malicious individual has access to the file system, it is possible to elevate privileges by inserting such a file as "C:\Program.exe" to be run by a privileged program making use of WinExec.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-7331
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Affected Versions
McAfee, LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Version prior to 10.7.0 November 2020 Update is affected by CVE-2020-7331Exploit Probability
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