DLL Search Order Hijacking in MA for Windows

published 2020-09-10 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28439

cvss: 7.8; 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 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee LLC MA for Windows 5.6.6

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Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 MA for Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7312
NVD CVE-2020-7312

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