High severity · published Jun 10, 2020
CVE-2020-7280
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Virusscan Enterprise · Mcafee
8.8; 8.8; 8.8; 8.8; 8.8; 8.8; +9 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7280
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7280
kc.mcafee.com
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302
www.zerodayinitiative.com
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/
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