CVE-2020-7281 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) versions prior to 16.0.R26. A local attacker can exploit this by manipulating symbolic links to redirect McAfee's delete function, allowing them to delete files they normally couldn't access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.3 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and high impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0.r26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.