VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-7266
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 VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 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