CVE-2020-7310

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial installer

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en el instalador en McAfee Total Protection (MTP) de McAfee versiones anteriores a 4.0.161.1, permite a usuarios locales cambiar archivos que son parte de las reglas de protección contra escritura por medio de la manipulación de enlaces simbólicos para redireccionar las operaciones de un archivo de McAfee a un archivo no deseado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

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

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

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"				< 4.0.161.1 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Total Protection" and version " < 4.0.161.1"		trial		Affected