CVE-2020-7264: Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows
Vendor fix available · Affected: McAfee,LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 18% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- McAfee,LLC · McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windowsfrom 10.7.x before 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- McAfee,LLC
- Published
- May 2020
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