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CVE-2020-7257

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update 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 whilst an anti-virus scan was in progress. This is timing dependent.

Published

2020-04-15T12:15:11.917

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:36:56.437

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.4 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-264
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-269
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.5.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.5.1 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.5.2 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.5.3 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.5.4 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.5.5 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.6.0 Yes
References