CVE-2020-7278

Summary

CVECVE-2020-7278
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-15 10:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:25:00 UTC
DescriptionExploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels vulnerability in ENS Firewall in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 and 10.6.1 April 2020 updates allows remote attackers and local users to allow or block unauthorized traffic via pre-existing rules not being handled correctly when updating to the February 2020 updates.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.2 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.4 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.5 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.6.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.2 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.4 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.5.5 All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security 10.6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee Security Bulletin - Endpoint Security for Windows update fixes multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-7250, CVE-2020-7255, CVE-2020-7257, CVE-2020-7259, CVE-2020-7261, CVE-2020-7273, CVE-2020-7274, CVE-2020-7275, CVE-2020-7276, CVE-2020-7277, CVE-2020-7278) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: McAfee credits EZ for reporting this flaw

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