CVE-2020-7257 HIGH

CVE-2020-7257: Privilege Escalation vulnerability through Symbolic links in ENS

Vendor Mcafee Llc
Product McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
Weakness CWE-264
Published April 15, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

8.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links whilst an anti-virus scan was in progress. This is timing dependent.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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