7.5

CVE-2020-7282

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 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)
Mcafee ≫ Total Protection Version < 16.0.r26
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.05% 0.118
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 6.3 1 5.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 3.3 3.4 4.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
trellixpsirt@trellix.com 7.5 1.1 5.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.