Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2020 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2020-7283Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) 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 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Total Protection (MTP)	16.0.R26

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

References

https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062 x_refsource_CONFIRM