CVE-2020-7283 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0034.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mcafee Subscribe	Total Protection Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-07-03T13:30:17

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-7283

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-7283

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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