CVE-2020-7266CWE-274

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows

High · published May 8, 2020

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00259 · 16.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-274 · Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
Published
2020-05-08T11:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 11:55Z
    Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows
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