CVE-2020-7266 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows

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...

CVE-2020-7266

CVE-2020-7266 affects McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) for Windows prior to 8.8 Patch 14 Hotfix 116778. A local privilege escalation exists where an attacker can delete restricted files by abusing symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. Root cause: manipulation o...