CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-7283

8.8 HIGH Published 2020-07-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-07-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-269, CWE-274

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mcafee total protection (< 16.0.r26)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
  • CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges weakness

References