CVE-2020-7250 is a vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security
Published on April 15, 2020
ENS symbolic link log file manipulation vulnerability
Symbolic link manipulation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows authenticated local user to potentially gain an escalation of 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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-7250 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an insecure temporary file Vulnerability?
The software attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
CVE-2020-7250 has been classified to as an insecure temporary file vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-7250
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Affected Versions
McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS):- Version 10.x and below 10.7.0 April 2020 Update is affected.
Exploit Probability
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