CVE-2020-7267

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2020 at 12:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVirusScan Enterprise

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux prior to 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000 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.

Affected range stops below 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000, 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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