cvelist/2020/7xxx/CVE-2020-7257.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "psirt@mcafee.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z",
        "ID": "CVE-2020-7257",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "\u202fPrivilege Escalation vulnerability through Symbolic links in ENS"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
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                    "product": {
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                                "product_name": "McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "10.x",
                                            "version_value": "10.7.0 April 2020 Update"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "McAfee LLC"
                }
            ]
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    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "McAfee \u202fcredits \u202fJakub \u202fPalaczynski \u202f(ING Tech Poland) for reporting this flaw"
        }
    ],
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update 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 whilst an anti-virus scan was in progress. This is timing dependent."
            }
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    },
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    "impact": {
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            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 8.4,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "CHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
        }
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                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
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        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309"
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    "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
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