Unrestricted Policy Management using MfeUpgradeTool.exe

published 2020-04-15 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28403

cvss: 6.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

Authentication bypass vulnerability in MfeUpgradeTool in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows administrator users to access policy settings via running this tool.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

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

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Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7276
NVD CVE-2020-7276

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