CVE-2020-7310

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.161.1 allows local users to change files that are part of write protection rules via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee file operations to an unintended file.

CVSS v3 6.9 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.3 LOW

6.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.6 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

3.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:trial:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:25

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067 - Vendor Advisory~~	() http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067 -

Information

Published : 2020-08-21 09:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-7310

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7310

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-7310

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

total_protection

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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