CVE-2020-7267

High

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux prior to 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000 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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMcafee Virusscan Enterprise
PublishedMay 8, 2020
First seenMay 8, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-274CWE-274

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mcafee virusscan_enterprise8.8—

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