SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-7280

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…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.40% probability · 34th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-269
Affected
mcafee/virusscan enterprise
Source
trellixpsirt@trellix.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.