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2 vulnerabilities found for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows by McAfee,LLC
CVE-2020-7266 (GCVE-0-2020-7266)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2020-05-08 11:55 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:04
VLAI
Title
Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows
Summary
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-274 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
Assigner
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1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows |
Affected:
8.8.x , < 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778
(custom)
|
Date Public
2020-05-07 00:00
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CVE-2020-7266 (GCVE-0-2020-7266)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-08 11:55 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:04
VLAI
Title
Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows
Summary
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-274 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
Assigner
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Date Public
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