Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows
CVE-2020-7266

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee,llc

Status
Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise (vse) For Windows
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 May 2020

What is CVE-2020-7266?

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.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows 8.8.x < 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778

References

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

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Rack911 Labs discovered this vulnerability.
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