CVE-2020-7281

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Medium 6.3

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-7281

Assigner
psirt@mcafee.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-07-03T14:15:09

Last Modified Date
2022-07-01T16:36:07

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection::::::::	1	OR		16.0.r26

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
1.9

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.3

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7281
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7281

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:23:18				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 19:09:20	2020-07-03T14:15Z	2020-07-03T14:15:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 19:09:20		2022-07-01T16:36:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 19:09:20		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated