CVE-2020-7346 HIGH

CVE-2020-7346: Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows

Vendor Mcafee,Llc
Product McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows
Weakness CWE-59
Published March 23, 2021
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker through the use of junctions to cause the product to load DLLs of the attacker's choosing. This requires the creation and removal of junctions by the attacker along with sending a specific IOTL command at the correct time.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 23, 2021 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated