CVE-2020-7253 — Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent

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MEDIUM

Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Agent

Published Mar 12, 2020

5.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.24%

Description

Improper access control vulnerability in masvc.exe in McAfee Agent (MA) prior to 5.6.4 allows local users with administrator privileges to disable self-protection via a McAfee supplied command-line utility.

Affected products

Vendor McAfee, LLC Product McAfee Agent (MA) Default
n/a
- Version
  5.6.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <5.6.4

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 Agent (MA)

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
5.6.x	affected	<5.6.4

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.24% 0.00237

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00237

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 (8 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.24% (0.00237)	13.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.24% (0.00237)	15.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.40% (0.01404)	49.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.98% (0.00985)	27.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.22% (0.00221)	0.00th	v1