CVE-2020-7310

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.9

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.161.1 allows local users to change files that are part of write protection rules via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee file operations to an unintended file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-7310

Assigner
psirt@mcafee.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-08-21T09:15:10

Last Modified Date
2022-06-01T19:27:26

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:::::trial:::*	1	OR		4.0.161.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
3.3

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.9

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
0.6

Impact Score
5.8

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7310
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7310

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:23:17				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 21:21:22	2020-08-21T09:15Z	2020-08-21T09:15:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 21:21:22		2022-06-01T19:27:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 21:21:22		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated