8.8

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
McafeeVirusscan Enterprise SwPlatformlinux Version >= 1.9.0 < 1.9.2
McafeeVirusscan Enterprise SwPlatformlinux Version >= 2.0.0 < 2.0.3
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.04% 0.066
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 8.4 2 5.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 3.6 3.9 4.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
trellixpsirt@trellix.com 8.8 2 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses.