McAfee Endpoint Security firewall not always acting on GTI lookup results
Published May 15, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.76%
Description
Protection Mechanism Failure in the Firewall in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x prior to 10.6.1 May 2019 update allows context-dependent attackers to circumvent ENS protection where GTI flagged IP addresses are not blocked by the ENS Firewall via specially crafted malicious sites where the GTI reputation is carefully manipulated and does not correctly trigger the ENS Firewall to block the connection.
Affected products
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- Version 10.xStatusaffectedConstraints<10.6.1 May 2019 update
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee, LLC | McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) | n/a |
|
- ≥ 10.0.0 · ≤ 10.6.1
- 10.6.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00761) | 53.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00761) | 53.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 44.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 43.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00115) | 43.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.56% (0.02561) | 62.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.74% (0.02742) | 62.72th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 46.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108416 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10280 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108416 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10280 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
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