CVE-2020-7279

DLL search order hijacking in Host IPS

State: Published
Severity: 4.6 Medium
Published: Jun 10, 2020
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Jan 21, 2020

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in the installer component of McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention System (Host IPS) for Windows prior to 8.0.0 Patch 15 Update allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.6 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N	trellix

Weaknesses

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Affected Products

Product	Versions
McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention System (Host IPS) for WindowsMcAfee, LLC	8.0.x to before 8.0.0 Patch 15 updateAffected

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10320

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