CVE-2020-7312

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in mcafee mcafee agent. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2020-09-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:mcafee_agent

References

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

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