CVE-2020-7264

Summary

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847 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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows10.7.x < 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-274: CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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