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CVE-2014-9920

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Unauthorized execution of binary vulnerability in McAfee (now Intel Security) McAfee Application Control (MAC) 6.0.0 before hotfix 9726, 6.0.1 before hotfix 9068, 6.1.0 before hotfix 692, 6.1.1 before hotfix 399, 6.1.2 before hotfix 426, and 6.1.3 before hotfix 357 and earlier allows attackers to create a malformed Windows binary that is considered non-executable and is not protected through the whitelisting protection feature via a specific set of circumstances.

Affected products

• Intel McAfee Application Control (MAC): 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10077
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10077

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