CVE-2020-7326 — McAfee MAR - Improperly implemented security check

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MEDIUM

McAfee MAR - Improperly implemented security check

Published Oct 15, 2020

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.37%

Description

Improperly implemented security check in McAfee Active Response (MAR) prior to 2.4.4 may allow local administrators to execute malicious code via stopping a core Windows service leaving McAfee core trust component in an inconsistent state resulting in MAR failing open rather than closed

Affected products

Vendor McAfee,LLC Product McAfee Active Response Default
n/a
- Version
  2.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <2.4.4

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 Active Response

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
2.x	affected	<2.4.4

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00372

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00372

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.37% (0.00372)	28.82th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.37% (0.00372)	31.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Jan 6, 2022	1.84% (0.01840)	47.32th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	26.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1