Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2020· Updated Sep 17, 2024
Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows
CVE-2020-7264
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.
Affected products
2<10.7.0 Hotfix 199847+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10.7.0 Hotfix 199847
- (no CPE)range: 10.7.x
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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