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CVE-2020-7264: Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-274

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 Hotfix 199847 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 achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Affected products

• McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS): from 10.5.0 before 10.5.5; 10.6.0, 10.7.0 — fixed in 10.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee LLC McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316

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