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CVE-2020-7281

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CVE-2020-7281

Published: Jul 3, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 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.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

affected
16.0.R26

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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