Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL
CVE-2020-7267

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mcafee,llc
Status
Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise (vse) For Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 May 2020

Summary

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux prior to 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000 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 Linux 2.0.x < 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000

References

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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