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CVE-2020-7273 json

Autorun registry bypass

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28400

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Accessing functionality not properly constrained by ACLs vulnerability in the autorun start-up protection in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to delete or rename programs in the autorun key via manipulation of some parameters.

Patch / fix

  • McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

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Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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