CVE-2020-7316: McAfee File And Removable Media Protection

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

Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee File and Removable Media Protection (FRP) prior to 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code, with higher privileges, via execution and from a compromised folder. This issue may result in files not being encrypted when a policy is triggered.

Affected products

• McAfee File And Removable Media Protection: before 5.3.0 (fixed in 5.3.0)

Published 2020-10-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.