CVE-2020-7337 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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MEDIUM

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Published Dec 9, 2020

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.41%

Description

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 16 allows local administrators to bypass local security protection through VSE not correctly integrating with Windows Defender Application Control via careful manipulation of the Code Integrity checks.

Affected products

Vendor McAfee, LLC Product VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) Default
n/a
- Version
  8.8.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=patch 15

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

VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
8.8.x	affected	<=patch 15

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.41% 0.00412

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

EPSS probability 0.00412

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 1, 2026	0.41% (0.00412)	33.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.41% (0.00412)	35.17th	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