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CVE-2020-7250

HIGH
Published 2020-04-15T12:45:14.302136Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.2
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.065
Higher than 6.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

McAfee LLC

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)

Affected Versions:

10.x

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-p7jx-q735-v62j

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7250
WEB https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309
Published: 2020-04-15T12:45:14.302136Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T17:18:05.249Z
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