CVE-2020-7257

6.3 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.3) in mcafee endpoint security. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.3 medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-269, CWE-264
Published: 2020-04-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:endpoint_security

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10309

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