CVE-2020-7330
HIGHMcAfee Total Protection < 4.0.176.1 - Privilege Escalation via Environment Variable Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.176.1 allows local users to schedule tasks which call malicious software to execute with elevated privileges via editing of environment variables
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103082
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (1)
mcafee/total_protection
< 4.0.176.1
Published
Oct 14, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026