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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

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  • McAfee/Endpoint Securityllm-fuzzy2 versions
    <10.7.0 Hotfix 199847+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: <10.7.0 Hotfix 199847
    • (no CPE)range: 10.7.x

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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