7.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-7280
McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise Symbolic Link Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 10, 2020, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-7280 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 virusscan_enterprise
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-2020-7280.

URL Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-7280 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302
    Added Reference https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/
  • 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=SB10302 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Trellix https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference McAfee (DEFUNCT) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302
    Removed Reference McAfee (DEFUNCT) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/
    Added CWE Trellix CWE-269
    Removed CWE McAfee (DEFUNCT) CWE-269
    Removed CVSS V3.1 McAfee (DEFUNCT) AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Trellix AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 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=SB10302 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:-:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch1:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch10:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch11:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch12:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch13:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch14:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch2:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch3:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch4:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch5:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch6:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch7:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch8:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8:patch9:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/ [No Types Assigned]
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-7280 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-7280 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.02%

score

0.28206

percentile

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