Vulnerability in Mcafee Data Loss Prevention

CVE-2020-7346

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker through the use of junctions to cause the product to load DLLs of the attacker's choosing. This requires the creation and removal of junctions by the attacker along with sending a specific IOTL command at the correct time.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7346?
CVE-2020-7346 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Data Loss Prevention, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-7346?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7346 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.