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01 Record

CVE-2020-7264

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: trellix
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 17.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-05-08 11:45Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 02:57Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-01-21
Assigning CNA
trellix
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-274Improper Handling of Insufficient PrivilegesBase
  • CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
bd14e80c16c132d37c04bb2311ea0e60f095a7784eaec686a2bcbd86ad7b17db

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows10.7.x to < 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847—

06 References