VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-7265

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac prior to 10.6.9 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.

Weakness classification

  • trellixpsirt@trellix.com: CWE-274
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269

Primary references