Unquoted service executable path

published 2020-02-17 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28379

cvss: 4.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

Unquoted service executable path in DXL Broker in McAfee Data eXchange Layer (DXL) Framework 6.0.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and malicious file execution via carefully crafted and named executable files.

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Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	1.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

McAfee, LLC Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Broker

Classification

Weakness

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10307

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7252
NVD CVE-2020-7252

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