High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-7298

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.

Affected products

McAfee/Total Protection 2010llm-fuzzy
Range: <16.0.R26
McAfee/McAfee Total Protectioncpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleviewnvd

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