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CVE-2020-7310
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial installer
Medium6.9EPSS 0.29%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.161.1 allows local users to change files that are part of write protection rules via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee file operations to an unintended file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% 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: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial
- affected unspecified – < 4.0.161.1
References (1)
- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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