CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-7267

Improper Privilege Management

Published: May 08, 2020 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Linux prior to 2.0.3 Hotfix 2635000 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8 (including) 8.8 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch1 (including) 8.8-patch1 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch10 (including) 8.8-patch10 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch11 (including) 8.8-patch11 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch12 (including) 8.8-patch12 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch13 (including) 8.8-patch13 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch2 (including) 8.8-patch2 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch3 (including) 8.8-patch3 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch4 (including) 8.8-patch4 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch5 (including) 8.8-patch5 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch6 (including) 8.8-patch6 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch7 (including) 8.8-patch7 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch8 (including) 8.8-patch8 (including)
Virusscan_enterprise Mcafee 8.8-patch9 (including) 8.8-patch9 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References