Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - CVE-2020-7335
Published: December 1, 2020 / Updated: December 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48770
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7335
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management within the handling of junctions. A local user can create a junction, abuse the product to overwrite the contents of a chosen file and escalate privileges.
Affected software
McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-7335
Install updates from vendor's website.
McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - update to 16.0.29