ENS symbolic link log file manipulation vulnerability
CVE-2020-7250

8.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mcafee Llc
Status
Mcafee Endpoint Security (ens)
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 April 2020

Summary

Symbolic link manipulation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows authenticated local user to potentially gain an escalation of privileges by pointing the link to files which the user which not normally have permission to alter via carefully creating symbolic links from the ENS log file directory.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x < 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

McAfee credits Jakub Palaczynski  (ING Tech Poland) and Eran Shimony (CyberArk) for independently reporting this flaw
.