CVE-2020-7279

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in mcafee host intrusion prevention. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer component of McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention System (Host IPS) for Windows prior to 8.0.0 Patch 15 Update allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-426
Published: 2020-06-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10320
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10320

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