DLL Injection vulnerability in MA for Windows

published 2020-09-10 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28442

cvss: 6.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits: 0; none known

DLL Injection Vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.6.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via careful placement of a malicious DLL.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee LLC MA for Windows 5.6.6

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee LLC MA for Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7315
NVD CVE-2020-7315

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Summary