CVE-2020-7281

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
03/07/2020
Last modified:
07/11/2023

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.0.r26 (excluding)