CVE-2020-7250 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)

First reported 4 years ago

2020-04-15 13:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-04-21 16:48:00

Affected Software

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.5.0 for Windows

10.5.0
windows

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.5.3 for Windows

10.5.3
windows

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.5.4 for Windows

10.5.4
windows

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.5.5 for Windows

10.5.5
windows

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.6.0 for Windows

10.6.0
windows

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