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CVE-2020-72658.8HighCWE-274

CVE-2020-7265: Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENSM

McAfee,LLC · McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac

Affected: McAfee,LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
18th percentile
050100

Higher than 18% of scored CVEs

8.8HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionCVE.org

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac prior to 10.6.9 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 Macfrom 10.6.x up to and including 10.6.9

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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
Published
May 2020

CoverageNo articles yet

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