Symbolic Link vulnerability during DAT update
Published Jun 10, 2020
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links. This is timing dependent.
Affected products
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- Version 8.8.xStatusaffectedConstraints<8.8 Patch 15
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee, LLC | McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) | n/a |
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- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2021-2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00400) | 31.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00400) | 34.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 2, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.47% (0.01474) | 32.51th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 7.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/ x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10302 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-702/ | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
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