CVE-2020-7339
Database Security(DBS)-Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in McAfee Database Security Server and Sensor prior to 4.8.0 in the form of a SHA1 signed certificate that would allow an attacker on the same local network to potentially intercept communication between the Server and Sensors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Database Security(DBS)-Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in McAfee Database Security Server and Sensor prior to 4.8.0 in the form of a SHA1 signed certificate that would allow an attacker on the same local network to potentially intercept communication between the Server and Sensors.
- Record
CVE-2020-7339- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28466
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in McAfee Database Security Server and Sensor prior to 4.8.0 in the form of a SHA1 signed certificate that would allow an attacker on the same local network to potentially intercept communication between the Server and Sensors.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28466- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9gph-vg5f-m5qg
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in McAfee Database Security Server...
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in McAfee Database Security Server and Sensor prior to 4.8.0 in the form of a SHA1 signed certificate that would allow an attacker on the same local network to potentially intercept communication between the Server and Sensors.
- Record
GHSA-9gph-vg5f-m5qg- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in McAfee Database Security Server and Sensor prior to 4.8.0 in the form of a SHA1 signed certificate that would allow an attacker on the same local network to potentially intercept communication between the Server and Sensors.
- Record
CVE-2020-7339- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7339 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Mcafee Database Security, published December 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.