CVE-2020-7335

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.29 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via careful manipulation of a folder by creating a junction link. This exploits a lack of protection through a timing issue and is only exploitable in a small time window.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-7335
  • Assigner
  • psirt@mcafee.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-12-01T09:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-12-08T14:57:57
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 16.0.29
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.1
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103089 Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1388/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7335
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7335
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:31:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 17:27:53 2020-12-01T09:15Z 2020-12-01T09:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 17:27:53 2020-12-08T14:57:57 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 17:27:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated