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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2020-7280

Symbolic Link vulnerability during DAT update

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.

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)

  • 8.8.x to < 8.8 Patch 15affected

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