cve-2020-7264
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-05-08 11:45
Modified
2024-09-17 02:57
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847 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.
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee,LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Version: 10.7.x   < 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847
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