8.2
HIGH
CVE-2020-7250
McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Local Privilege Escalation Symbolic Link Manipulation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:25 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

1.5
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-7250 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-7250 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee endpoint_security
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-7250.

URL Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A windows kernel driver to Block symbolic link exploit used for privilege escalation.

symlink exploitation protection kernel-driver

C

Updated: 3 months ago
10 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : June 3, 2020, 9:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-7250 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-7250 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source McAfee (DEFUNCT) Trellix
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Trellix https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference McAfee (DEFUNCT) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309
    Added CWE Trellix CWE-59
    Removed CWE McAfee (DEFUNCT) CWE-59
    Removed CVSS V3.1 McAfee (DEFUNCT) AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Trellix AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-59
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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