CVE-2020-7264

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2020 at 11:45 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEndpoint Security

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847 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.

Affected

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

10.5.0 ≤ v < 10.5.510.7.x ≤ v < 10.7.0 Hotfix 19984710.6.010.7.010.7.x
Affected range stops below 10.5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847, 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
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-274CWE-269

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