6.5

CVE-2020-7308: mcafee endpoint_security

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 15-04-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-7308 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in mcafee endpoint_security. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.51%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-04-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information between McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) servers using DNS allows a remote attacker to view the requests from ENS and responses from GTI over DNS. By gaining control of an intermediate DNS server or altering the network DNS configuration, it is possible for an attacker to intercept requests and send their own responses.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

42%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.51% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.51%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mcafee1 product
  • endpoint_security≤ 10.6.1 | 10.6.1 | 10.6.1:april_2020 | 10.6.1:december_2018 | 10.6.1:december_2019 | 10.6.1:february_2019 | 10.6.1:february_2020 | 10.6.1:july_2019 | 10.6.1:july_2020 | 10.6.1:may_2019 | 10.6.1:november_2018 | 10.6.1:november_2020 | 10.6.1:october_2019 | 10.6.1:september_2020 | 10.7.0:february_2020 | 10.7.0:july_2020 | 10.7.0:november_2020 | 10.7.0:september_2020
Mcafee,llc1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links