CVE-2020-7310 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial installer
Local attackers can escalate privileges by manipulating symbolic links to bypass write protection rules in the McAfee Total Protection trial installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7310?
CVE-2020-7310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial, published on 21 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.161.1 allows local users to change files that are part of write protection rules via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee file operations to an unintended file.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7310?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Total Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7310?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7310 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7310 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7310 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial
- CVE-2021-23874 McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Improper Privilege Management
- CVE-2023-24579 Security feature bypass in n/a
- CVE-2022-43751 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2021-23872 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
- CVE-2021-23891 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x6r6-6554-775v.