CVE-2020-7330 is a vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection
Published on October 14, 2020
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.176.1 allows local users to schedule tasks which call malicious software to execute with elevated privileges via editing of environment variables
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-7330 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-7330
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial:- Version unspecified and below 4.0.176.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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