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CVE-2020-7250: ENS symbolic link log file manipulation vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Symbolic link manipulation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows authenticated local user to potentially gain an escalation of privileges by pointing the link to files which the user which not normally have permission to alter via carefully creating symbolic links from the ENS log file directory.

Affected products

• McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS): 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4, 10.5.5 (+1)

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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