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CVE-2020-7298
Total Protection (MTP) - Unexpected behavior violation
High7.5EPSS 0.31%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Unexpected behavior violation in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 allows local users to turn off real time scanning via a specially crafted object making a specific function call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By trellix
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Unexpected behavior violation
Affected products
McAfee · McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
- affected unspecified – < 16.0.R26
References (1)
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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