CVE-2020-7298: Unexpected behavior violation in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 allows local users to turn off real time scanning via a specially crafted…

PriorityP335high8.4CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSCCNIHAH

EPSS

0.29%

21.0th percentile

Unexpected behavior violation in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 allows local users to turn off real time scanning via a specially crafted object making a specific function call.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mcafee	mcafee_total_protection	>= unspecified < 16.0.R26	16.0.R26
mcafee	total_protection	< 16.0.r26	16.0.r26

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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