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. 7, 2023, 3:25 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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/ |
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).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-7280 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-7280 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.
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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]
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