CVE-2020-7283: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation…

PriorityP343high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSCCHIHAH

EPSS

0.62%

45.0th percentile

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mcafee	total_protection	< 16.0.r26	16.0.r26
mcafee_llc	mcafee_total_protection	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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