CVE-2020-7252: McAfee Data Exchange Layer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unquoted service executable path in DXL Broker in McAfee Data eXchange Layer (DXL) Framework 6.0.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and malicious file execution via carefully crafted and named executable files.

Affected products

• McAfee Data Exchange Layer: up to and including 6.0.0

Published 2020-02-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.