CVE-2020-7253: Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

Affected products

McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.4; from 5.6.0 before 5.6.4 — fixed in 5.5.4, 5.6.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows 5.5.4, 5.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10312

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