title:  Privilege Escalation vulnerability through Symbolic links in ENS
description: Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to cause the deletion and creation of files they would not normally have permission to through altering the target of symbolic links whilst an anti-virus scan was in progress. This is timing dependent.
problem types: CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
affected:
{
product: McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS)
vendor: McAfee LLC
versions:
lessThan: 10.7.0 April 2020 Update, status: affected, version: 10.x, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 8.4
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]