CVE-2020-7346

Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 23, 2021 at 04:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorData Loss PreventionData Loss Prevention Endpoint

Using McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows by McAfee,LLC?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker through the use of junctions to cause the product to load DLLs of the attacker's choosing. This requires the creation and removal of junctions by the attacker along with sending a specific IOTL command at the correct time.

Affected

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

v < 11.6.100
Affected range stops below 11.6.100, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 11.6.100
Affected range stops below 11.6.100, 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

7.8HIGHtrellix
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card