Improper Access Control vulnerability in MVISION Endpoint

published 2020-09-09 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28451

cvss: 6.1; 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 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee MVISION Endpoint prior to 20.9 Update allows local users to bypass security mechanisms and deny access to the SYSTEM folder via incorrectly applied permissions.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee LLC MVISION Endpoint 20.9

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Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD	2.0	3.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee LLC MVISION Endpoint

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10328

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7324
NVD CVE-2020-7324

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