CVE-2020-7311: McAfee Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to assume SYSTEM rights during the installation of MA via manipulation of log files.

Affected products

• McAfee McAfee Agent: before 5.6.6 (fixed in 5.6.6)

Published 2020-09-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.