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McAfee Total Protection CVE-2020-7283 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

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McAfee Total Protection

CVE References

CVE-2020-7283

Other References

https://www.mcafee.com/enterprise/en-us/threat-center/product-security-bulletins.html
ID 70017
Created Jan 07, 2022
Description
Updated		 Dec 15, 2023
Risk black-background-circle-icon black-background-circle-icon black-background-circle-icon black-background-circle-icon lightgray-background-circle-icon
Coverage FortiClient
OS Windows
Vendor McAfee
Patch manual
Application McAfee Total Protection