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CVE-2020-15401

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15401 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IOBit Malware Fighter Pro version 8.0.2.547. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by manipulating file locations using NTFS junctions and Object Manager symbolic links to achieve arbitrary file deletion. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges to exploit and has a low attack complexity, but it is not known to be actively exploited in the wild. There are no public exploit modules, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0.2.547CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iobit:malware_fighter:8.0.2.547:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

daniels-it-blog.blogspot.com / 2020/06/when-your-anti-virus-turns-against-you.html
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