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CVE-2020-7283
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
High7.5EPSS 0.62%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.62% · top 50% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
- affected 16.0.R26
References (1)
- https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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