VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-7250

CVSS score8.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references