CVE-2020-7283
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
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H | trellix |
Weaknesses
- CWE-274 Privilege escalation (CWE-274)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
McAfee Total Protection (MTP)McAfee,LLC |
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References
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