Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2020 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2020-7266Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows 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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows	8.8.x – before 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778

Weakness: CWE-274 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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