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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2020-7281

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 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 Total Protection (MTP)

  • 16.0.R26affected

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