CVE-2020-7280
HIGHMcAfee VirusScan Enterprise - Privilege Escalation via Symbolic Link Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 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. This is timing dependent.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (1)
mcafee/virusscan_enterprise
8.8 (15 CPE variants)
Published
Jun 10, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026