CVE-2020-7337: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 16 allows local administrators to bypass local security protection through VSE not correctly integrating with Windows Defender Application Control via careful manipulation of the Code Integrity checks.

Affected products

Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL): before 8.8; 8.8, 8.8-patch1, 8.8-patch10, 8.8-patch11, 8.8-patch12, 8.8-patch13 (+10) — fixed in 8.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 8.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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