CVE-2020-7323
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in ENS for Windows
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows physical local users to bypass the Windows lock screen via triggering certain detection events while the computer screen is locked and the McTray.exe is running with elevated privileges. This issue is timing dependent and requires physical access to the machine.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in ENS for Windows
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows physical local users to bypass the Windows lock screen via triggering certain detection events while the computer screen is locked and the McTray.exe is running with elevated privileges. This issue is timing dependent and requires physical access to the machine.
- Record
CVE-2020-7323- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28450
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows physical local users to bypass the Windows lock screen via triggering certain detection events while the computer screen is locked and the McTray.exe is running with elevated privileges. This issue is timing dependent and requires physical access to the machine.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28450- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8c8-39vg-wgv8 No score
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows...
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows physical local users to bypass the Windows lock screen via triggering certain detection events while the computer screen is locked and the McTray.exe is running with elevated privileges. This issue is timing dependent and requires physical access to the machine.
- Record
GHSA-c8c8-39vg-wgv8- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows physical local users to bypass the Windows lock screen via triggering certain detection events while the computer screen is locked and the McTray.exe is running with elevated privileges. This issue is timing dependent and requires physical access to the machine.
- Record
CVE-2020-7323- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- 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-2020-7323 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) 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 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.