Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2020-7250ENS symbolic link log file manipulation vulnerability

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) from McAfee LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Symbolic link manipulation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows authenticated local user to potentially gain an escalation of privileges by pointing the link to files which the user which not normally have permission to alter via carefully creating symbolic links from the ENS log file directory.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee LLC	McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)	10.x – before 10.7.0 April 2020 Update

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 x_refsource_CONFIRM