CVE-2020-7266
moderate-risk
Published 2020-05-08
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 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.
Do I need to act?
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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
32
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
27/34 · High
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal