CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-7335

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-12-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-12-01
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:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.29 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via careful manipulation of a folder by creating a junction link. This exploits a lack of protection through a timing issue and is only exploitable in a small time window.

Affected configurations

• mcafee total protection (< 16.0.29)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References