GHSA-v42h-cjgv-79ww
GitHub Security Advisory
⚠ Unreviewed
LOW
Has CVE
Advisory Details
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.
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Key Information
2.5
/10
Dataset
Last updated: July 5, 2025 6:26 AM
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