Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.R26 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.
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| Title | Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) | Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: trellix
Published: 2020-07-03T13:25:21.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-04T09:25:48.689Z
Reserved: 2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-7281
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-07-03T14:15:09.897
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:36:58.943
Link: CVE-2020-7281
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