Exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels vulnerability in ENS Firewall in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 and 10.6.1 April 2020 updates allows remote attackers and local users to allow or block unauthorized traffic via pre-existing rules not being handled correctly when updating to the February 2020 updates.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.0 (including) | 10.5.0 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.1 (including) | 10.5.1 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.2 (including) | 10.5.2 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.3 (including) | 10.5.3 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.4 (including) | 10.5.4 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.5.5 (including) | 10.5.5 (including) |
| Endpoint_security | Mcafee | 10.6.0 (including) | 10.6.0 (including) |
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: