What is CVE-2020-7280?

CVE-2020-7280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Virusscan_enterprise, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-7280?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Mcafee Virusscan_enterprise

CVE-2020-7280

Privilege Escalation vulnerability during daily DAT updates when using McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise (VSE) prior to 8.8 Patch 15 allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to throu…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee Virusscan_enterprise — versions 8.8
Mcafee, Llc Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise (Vse) — versions 8.8.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7280?: CVE-2020-7280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Virusscan_enterprise, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-7280?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.