VDB-157651 · CVE-2020-7282 · GCVE-0-2020-7282

McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.R25 Symbolic Link insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.R25. Affected is an unknown function of the component Symbolic Link Handler. This manipulation causes insufficient privileges. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-7282. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Total Protection up to 16.0.R25. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Symbolic Link Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-274. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 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.

The weakness was released 07/03/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at service.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-7282 since 01/21/2020. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 16.0.R26 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-157650, VDB-157652 and VDB-159338. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

McAfee

Name

Total Protection

Version

16.0.R25

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficient privileges
CWE: CWE-274 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Total Protection 16.0.R26

Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
07/03/2020 +164 days 🔍
07/04/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/28/2020 +116 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: service.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-7282 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7282
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-157651
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2020 07:59
Updated: 10/28/2020 20:31
Changes: 07/04/2020 07:59 (40), 07/04/2020 08:04 (11), 10/28/2020 20:23 (1), 10/28/2020 20:31 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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