Link following in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) - CVE-2020-7250
Published: April 15, 2020 / Updated: October 6, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47343
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7250
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue. A local user can gain elevated 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.
Affected software
McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-7250
Install updates from vendor's website.
McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) - update to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update