CVE-2020-7280
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
10/06/2020
Last modified:
07/11/2023
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 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. This is timing dependent.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:-:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch1:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch10:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch11:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch12:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch13:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch14:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch2:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch3:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch4:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch5:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch6:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch7:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch8:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch9:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page



