CVE-2020-7266 | Date: (C)2020-05-08 (M)2023-12-22 |
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 8.4 | CVSS Score : 3.6 |
Exploit Score: 2.0 | Exploit Score: 3.9 |
Impact Score: 5.8 | Impact Score: 4.9 |
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CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
Scope: CHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: PARTIAL |
Integrity: HIGH | |
Availability: HIGH | |
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