OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Total Protection

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103089
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1388/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-12-01T08:50:14

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-7335

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-7335

Redhat

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