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CVE-2020-7257

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
15/04/2020
Last modified:
07/11/2023

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.30
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools