CVE-2020-7281

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Jul 3, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Jan 21, 2020

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Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Htrellix

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

ProductVersions
McAfee Total Protection (MTP)McAfee,LLC
  • 16.0.R26Affected

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