3.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2020-7266

Published: 08/05/2020 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.4 | Impact Score: 5.8 | Exploitability Score: 2
VMScore: 320
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows before 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 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.

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