CVE-2020-7250

Symbolic link manipulation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows authenticated local user to potentially gain an escalation of privileges by pointing the link to files which the user which not normally have permission to alter via carefully creating symbolic links from the ENS log file directory.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.5:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.6.0:::::windows::

Information

Published : 2020-04-15 06:15

Updated : 2020-04-21 09:48

NVD link : CVE-2020-7250

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7250

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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Products Affected

mcafee

endpoint_security

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