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CVE-2020-7282

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 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.

  • Published: Jul 3, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-7282
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.3
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mcafee / total_protection - 16.0.r26