Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Sep 16, 2024
Privilege Escalation vulnerability through Symbolic links in ENS
CVE-2020-7257
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Range: <10.7.0
- McAfee LLC/McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)v5Range: 10.x
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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