Symbolic Link vulnerability during DAT update
CVE-2020-7280

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mcafee, Llc
Status
Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise (vse)
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 June 2020

Summary

Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links. This is timing dependent.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8.x < 8.8 Patch 15

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

McAfee credits Glennlloyd working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this flaw.
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