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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2020-7264

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

McAfee,LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows

  • 10.7.x to < 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847affected

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