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CVE-2020-7283

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 3, 2020 at 01:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTotal Protection

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. 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.

Total Protection· McAfee
95%
v < 16.0.r2616.0.R26
Affected range stops below 16.0.r26, 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.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-274CWE-269

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