CVE-2020-7266

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 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.

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 3.6 LOW

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

3.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise::::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise::::::linux::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-05-08 12:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:25

NVD link : CVE-2020-7266

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7266

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-7266

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

virusscan_enterprise

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-274

Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

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