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TI-2020-05933 Aliases CVE-2020-7330GHSA-mvwc-p8x5-m24p

Improper privilege management in McAfee Total Protection Trial

Priority LOW 38CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.176.1 allows local users to schedule tasks which call malicious software to execute with elevated privileges via editing of environment variables

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0027 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial (McAfee,LLC): 4.0.176.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
McAfeeMcAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trialbefore 4.0.176.14.0.176.1Patch availableCNA
  • McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial VendorMcAfee Affected before 4.0.176.1 Fixed in 4.0.176.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.0.176.1VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.0.176.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial (McAfee,LLC) Fixed in 4.0.176.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7330
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvwc-p8x5-m24p

References

Other 1

  • TI-2021-06229 McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2020-05888 Improper privilege management in McAfee Total Protection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-01282 The AV engine before DAT 5600 in McAfee VirusScan, Total Protection, Internet Security… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2022-21485 McAfee Total Protection prior to version 16.0.49 contains an uncontrolled search path… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-05903 Total Protection (MTP) - Unexpected behavior violation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2019-02667 Privilege escalation in ToPS for Mac CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
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Sources

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