CVE-2020-7250 HIGH

CVE-2020-7250: ENS symbolic link log file manipulation vulnerability

Vendor Mcafee Llc
Product McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
Weakness CWE-59
Published April 15, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Symbolic link manipulation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows authenticated local user to potentially gain an escalation of privileges by pointing the link to files which the user which not normally have permission to alter via carefully creating symbolic links from the ENS log file directory.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 15, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated

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