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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-7298 – McAfee Total protection security bypass

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

McAfee Total protection could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an unexpected behavior violation. By sending a specially-crafted function call, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to turn off real time scan.

Impact

Security bypass

Affected Vendors

McAfee

Affected Products

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) 16.0

Remediation

Refer to McAfee Document ID: TS103062 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

McAfee Document ID: TS103062

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