CVE-2020-7320: McAfee Endpoint Security

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local administrator to temporarily reduce the detection capability allowing otherwise detected malware to run via stopping certain Microsoft services.

Affected products

  • McAfee Endpoint Security: before 10.7.0 (fixed in 10.7.0)

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