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CVE-2020-7267

Published: May 8, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux prior to 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000 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.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux

affected
2.0.x - < 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-274

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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