CVE-2020-7283

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en McAfee Total Protection (MTP) versiones anteriores a 16.0.R26, permite a usuarios locales crear y editar archivos mediante la manipulación de enlaces simbólicos en una ubicación a la que de otra manera no tendrían acceso. Esto es logrado mediante la ejecución de un script o programa malicioso en la máquina objetivo

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-01-21 CVE Reserved
2020-07-03 CVE Published
2020-07-14 First Exploit
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CWE-274: Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/RedyOpsResearchLabs/CVE-2020-7283-McAfee-Total-Protection-MTP-16.0.R26-EoP	2020-07-14

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Total Protection Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Total Protection"				< 16.0.r26 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Total Protection" and version " < 16.0.r26"		-		Affected