CVE-2020-7282

Summary

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Total Protection (MTP)16.0.R26affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59: CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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