CVE-2020-7312: McAfee Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

Affected products

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

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