Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.29 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via careful manipulation of a folder by creating a junction link. This exploits a lack of protection through a timing issue and is only exploitable in a small time window.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-28462 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.29 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via careful manipulation of a folder by creating a junction link. This exploits a lack of protection through a timing issue and is only exploitable in a small time window.
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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)

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:25:49.121Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-7335

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-01T09:15:10.967

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:37:05.107

Link: CVE-2020-7335

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