{"id":"CVE-2020-7308","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-7308","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:21.016Z","title":"Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information between McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) servers using DNS allows a remote attacker to view the requests from ENS…","description":"Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information between McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) servers using DNS allows a remote attacker to view the requests from ENS and responses from GTI over DNS. By gaining control of an intermediate DNS server or altering the network DNS configuration, it is possible for an attacker to intercept requests and send their own responses.","published":"2021-04-15T08:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:24:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"trellixpsirt@trellix.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["mcafee/endpoint security"],"epss":{"score":0.00509,"percentile":0.4319,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"trellixpsirt@trellix.com"},{"url":"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7308","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}