CVE-2020-7281CWE-269

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

High · published July 3, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 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
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00256 · 16.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2020-07-03T13:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUL 13:25Z
    Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
    cvelistv5