{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7280 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7280 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7280 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: McAfee, LLC McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7280/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-7280","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7280/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-7280","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-cpp4-9ggm-fr5x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges and modify files via symbolic link manipulation during DAT updates in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"trellix","cpe":[{"product":"virusscan_enterprise","vendor":"mcafee"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Symbolic Link vulnerability during DAT update","id":"CVE-2020-7280","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)","id":"CVE-2020-7281"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"DLL search order hijacking in Host IPS","id":"CVE-2020-7279"},"products":["McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)"],"published":"2020-06-10","related":[{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-5118","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2012-08-22"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-7266","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-05-08"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL","id":"CVE-2020-7267","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-05-08"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Auth bypass in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)","id":"CVE-2016-8023","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-14"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Other in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)","id":"CVE-2016-8024","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-14"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"Code injection in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)","id":"CVE-2016-8020","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-14"},{"cvss_score":7.9,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2007-2152","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2007-04-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["McAfee, LLC"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges and modify files via symbolic link manipulation during DAT updates in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7280/"}