VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-7257
CVSS score8.4 HIGH
EPSS probability0.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links whilst an anti-virus scan was in progress. This is timing dependent.
Weakness classification
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com: CWE-264
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269