Security feature bypass

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...

CVE-2020-7278

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Firewall for Windows is affected by CVE-2020-7278 due to an access-control rule handling flaw. The issue arises in ENS versions prior to 10.7.0 (Feb 2020/April 2020 updates) and 10.6.1 (April 2020 update), where pre-existing firewall rules are not properly enforced ...

Matrix42 Workspace Management 9.1.2.2765 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Matrix42 Workspace Management version 9.1.2.2765 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability. Matrix42 Workspace Management 9.1.2.2765 – Stored Cross-Site Scripting =============================================================================== Identifiers...

Dell Releases A New Cybersecurity Utility To Detect BIOS Attacks

Computer manufacturing giant Dell has released a new security tool for its commercial customers that aims to protect their computers from stealthy and sophisticated cyberattacks involving the compromise of the BIOS. Dubbed 'SafeBIOS Events & Indicators of Attack' IoA, the new endpoint security...

Dell Releases A New Cybersecurity Utility To Detect BIOS Attacks

Computer manufacturing giant Dell has released a new security tool for its commercial customers that aims to protect their computers from stealthy and sophisticated cyberattacks involving the compromise of the BIOS. Dubbed 'SafeBIOS Events & Indicators of Attack' IoA, the new endpoint security...

CVE-2020-7273

Accessing functionality not properly constrained by ACLs vulnerability in the autorun start-up protection in McAfee Endpoint Security ENS for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to delete or rename programs in the autorun key via manipulation of some parameters...

CVE-2020-7261

Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables vulnerability in AMSI component in McAfee Endpoint Security ENS Prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to disable Endpoint Security via a carefully crafted user input...

CVE-2020-7278

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...

Coronavirus and the Growing Mobile Workforce: Prioritizing Endpoint Security

Editor's Note: Gary Stevens, a technology writer, is posting as a guest author to carbonblack.com Despite the global COVID-19 response and current recommendations for social distancing, institutions, enterprises and businesses still need to function and maintain all necessary operations where...

Business Continuity and Security in an Uncertain Global Environment

The need for companies to quickly enable remote access to business-critical applications was highlighted in a recent Akamai blog -- Enabling Business Continuity in an Uncertain Global Environment. However, despite the current environment, what is already evident is that once businesses have...

Microsoft shares new threat intelligence, security guidance during global crisis

Ready or not, much of the world was thrust into working from home, which means more people and devices are now accessing sensitive corporate data across home networks. Defenders are working round the clock to secure endpoints and ensure the fidelity of not only those endpoints, but also identitie...

McAfee Endpoint Security Privilege Permission and Access Control Issues Vulnerability

McAfee Endpoint Security ENS is the United States McAfee McAfee company's set of framework for providing intelligent collaboration and advanced threat defense. The framework supports the entire threat defense lifecycle of real-time communications control and actionable threat forensics and so on....

McAfee Endpoint Security for Windows 10.5.x / 10.6.x / 10.7.0.x Improper Access Control (SB10314)

The version of the McAfee Endpoint Security ENS for Windows installed on the remote Windows host is 10.5.x , 10.6.x, or 10.7.0.x. It is, therefore, affected by an improper access control vulnerability in ESConfigTool.exe which allows a local administrator to alter the ENS configuration up to and...

Announcing the Release of Malware Prevention for Linux

The VMware Carbon Black team has a mission to keep your entire organization safe from cyber attacks. To deliver on this for today’s landscape, the Carbon Black Cloud platform has added malware prevention for Linux to bring the entire protection lifecycle to Windows, macOS, and Linux. With Linux n...

CVE-2020-7263

Improper access control vulnerability in ESconfigTool.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security ENS for Windows all current versions allows local administrator to alter ENS configuration up to and including disabling all protection offered by ENS via insecurely implemented encryption of configuration for...

CVE-2020-7263

Improper access control vulnerability in ESconfigTool.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security ENS for Windows all current versions allows local administrator to alter ENS configuration up to and including disabling all protection offered by ENS via insecurely implemented encryption of configuration for...

CVE-2020-7263

CVE-2020-7263 concerns an improper access control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows, affecting ESConfigTool.exe across all current versions. The issue allows a local administrator to alter ENS configuration, up to and including disabling all protection, due to insecurely...

Tinfoil Chat - Onion-routed, Endpoint Secure Messaging System

Tinfoil Chat TFC is a FOSS+FHD peer-to-peer messaging system that relies on high assurance hardware architecture to protect users from passive collection, MITM attacks and most importantly, remote key exfiltration. TFC is designed for people with one of the most complex threat models: organized...

Riding another wave of success for our multi-layered detection and response approach

The corporate endpoint is a constant battle between cybersecurity white hats and criminal attackers. According to one study from the Ponemon Institute, 68% of organizations were victims of an attack on the endpoint in 2019. The risks and costs associated with undetected threats are immeasurable...

Check Point Local Privilege Escalation

The remote host is running a version of Checkpoint Endpoint Security Initial Client. that is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The vulnerability exists because vulnerable versions attempt to load a DLL that is placed in any PATH location on a clean install. An attacker cou...