CVE-2020-7257

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links whilst an anti-virus scan was in progress. This is timing dependent.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:36

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 3.3
v3 : 6.3
v2 : 3.3
v3 : 8.4
References () https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 - () https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 -

07 Nov 2023, 03:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 - Vendor Advisory () https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 -

Information

Published : 2020-04-15 12:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:36


NVD link : CVE-2020-7257

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7257

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-7257


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Products Affected

mcafee

  • endpoint_security
CWE
CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management