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FKIE_CVE-2020-7251

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-02-14 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:24

Severity

5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

Improper access control vulnerability in Configuration Tool in McAfee Mcafee Endpoint Security (ENS) Prior to 10.6.1 February 2020 Update allows local users to disable security features via unauthorised use of the configuration tool from older versions of ENS.

References

	URL	Tags
	trellixpsirt@trellix.com	https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10299
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10299

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	mcafee	endpoint_security	*

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CVE-2020-7251 (GCVE-0-2020-7251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-14 14:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:25

Title

ESConfig Tool able to edit configuration for newer version

Summary

Severity

5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-358 - Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

Assigner

trellix CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 3 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
McAfee, LLC	Mcafee Endpoint Security (ENS)	Affected: 10.6.x , < 10.6.1 February 2020 update (custom)

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