CVE-2020-7267

Published May 8, 2020

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source
trellixpsirt@trellix.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.4
Impact score
5.8
Exploitability score
2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.6
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-269
trellixpsirt@trellix.com
CWE-274

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations