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High · 7.5 CVE-2020-7282 EUVD-2020-28409GHSA-4362-8cgf-69g7

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Published Jul 3, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by trellix

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) 16.0.R26 —

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