VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-7280
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 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. This is timing dependent.
Weakness classification
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management