CVE-2020-7343: McAfee Agent

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Missing Authorization vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.7.1 allows local users to block McAfee product updates by manipulating a directory used by MA for temporary files. The product would continue to function with out-of-date detection files.

Affected products

• McAfee Agent: before 5.7.1 (fixed in 5.7.1)

Published 2021-01-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.