CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-7335
High (7.8) in mcafee total protection. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.29 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via careful manipulation of a folder by creating a junction link. This exploits a lack of protection through a timing issue and is only exploitable in a small time window.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-269
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mcafee:total_protection