CVE-2020-7320
Protection Mechanism Failure in ENS for Windows
Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Protection Mechanism Failure in ENS for Windows
Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.
- Record
CVE-2020-7320- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28447
Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28447- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxvc-q3cv-wf7w No score
Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to...
Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.
- Record
GHSA-cxvc-q3cv-wf7w- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.
- Record
CVE-2020-7320- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7320 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Mcafee Endpoint Security, published September 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.