CVE-2020-7280 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2020-7280 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 10/06/2020 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2020
Source: trellix | Vendor: McAfee, LLC | Product: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2020-7280 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-269
CWE Name: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Source: McAfee, LLC

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).