CVE-2020-7283CWE-274

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

High · published July 3, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. 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
0.00616 · 48.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-274 · Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
Published
2020-07-03T13:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUL 13:30Z
    Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
    cvelistv5