CVE Vulnerability

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.

3.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2 / 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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2020-05-08 12:15

Updated : 2020-05-18 08:20

NVD link : CVE-2020-7266

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7266

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269