CVE-2020-7330: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.176.1 allows local users to schedule tasks which call malicious software to execute with elevated privileges via editing of environment variables

Affected products

McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP): before 4.0.176.1 — fixed in 4.0.176.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) 4.0.176.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103082
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103082

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