CVE-2020-7266 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-7266

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows

Vulnerability Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Rack911 Labs discovered this vulnerability.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows
Vulnerable Versions:
8.8.x

Timeline

Official Publish: May 8th, 2020
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-274

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.