CVE-2020-7265 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac versions prior to 10.6.9. A local attacker can exploit this by manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action, allowing them to delete files they would not normally have access to. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.4, indicating a significant impact with high integrity and availability loss, and requires low privileges and local access to execute. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.5.0, < 10.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.