CVE-2020-7257

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through Symbolic links in ENS

MEDIUM
6.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEndpoint Security

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Severity
MEDIUM6.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update 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 whilst an anti-virus scan was in progress. This is timing dependent.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

10.x ≤ v < 10.7.0 April 2020 Update10.5.010.5.110.5.210.5.310.5.410.5.510.6.010.x
Affected range stops below 10.7.0 April 2020 Update, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-269

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