CVE-2020-7298: McAfee Total Protection

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unexpected behavior violation in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 allows local users to turn off real time scanning via a specially crafted object making a specific function call.

Affected products

• McAfee Total Protection: before 16.0.r26 (fixed in 16.0.r26)

Published 2020-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.