CVE-2020-7257 — Improper Privilege Management in LLC Mcafee Endpoint Security
Severity
6.3MEDIUMNVD
CNA8.4
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 15
Latest updateMay 24
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.2