Is CVE-2020-7266 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-7266 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-7266?

CVE-2020-7266 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-7266?

CVE-2020-7266 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7266?

Upgrade virusscan enterprise to 2.0.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7266

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

CWE-274 CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

virusscan enterpriseNVD

Affected:>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.3Fixed in:2.0.3CVE-2020-7266derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.