CVE-2020-7280 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published High CVE-2020-7280

Symbolic Link vulnerability during DAT update

Vulnerability Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links. This is timing dependent.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2020-7280

Credits & Attribution

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

  • McAfee credits Glennlloyd working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this flaw.

References

More from McAfee, LLC

View All →
CVE-2021-23879
Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and ...
Medium 6.7
CVE-2020-7343
Improper Authorization vulnerability in MA
Medium 5.5
CVE-2020-7337
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Medium 6.5
CVE-2020-7331
Unquoted service executable path in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
High 7.8
CVE-2020-7329
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in MVISION Endpoint ePO extension
High 7.2

Affected Vendor

McAfee, LLC

View all reports →

Affected Software

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

Timeline

Official Publish: June 10th, 2020
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion