CVE-2020-7310

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial installer

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Published Aug 21, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 4.0.161.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:trial:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28437	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.293% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 9:25 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: trellix
Published: Aug 21, 2020, 8:30 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 9:25 AM
Reserved: Jan 21, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:24 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 21, 2020, 9:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:24 AM

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