Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.
Published: 2020-07-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-28410 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.
History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:25:48.525Z

Reserved: 2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-7283

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-03T14:15:10.117

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:36:59.180

Link: CVE-2020-7283

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