CVE-2020-7279: McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer component of McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention System (Host IPS) for Windows prior to 8.0.0 Patch 15 Update allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Affected products

• McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention: version 8.0.0 only

Published 2020-06-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.