HIGH
Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL
Published May 8, 2020
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.26%
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux prior to 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000 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
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Affected
- ≥ 2.0.x, < 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
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| McAfee,LLC | McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux | unknown | Affected
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (2)
References (2)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-28394 Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-28394 | Advisory | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner trellix
Published May 8, 2020
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Jan 21, 2020
Link CVE-2020-7267
CISA Vulnrichment
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GitHub
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