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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2020-7267

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux prior to 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000 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 VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux

  • 2.0.x to < 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000affected

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