CVE-2020-7280 Symbolic Link vulnerability during DAT update
Local attackers can escalate privileges and modify files via symbolic link manipulation during DAT updates in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7280?
CVE-2020-7280 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE), published on 10 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 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. This is timing dependent.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7280?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7280?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7280 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7280 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee, LLC McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)
- CVE-2009-5118 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2020-7266 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows
- CVE-2020-7267 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL
- CVE-2016-8023 Auth bypass in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)
- CVE-2016-8024 Other in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpp4-9ggm-fr5x.