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CVE-2020-7283

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to create and edit files via symbolic link manipulation in a location they would otherwise not have access to. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

  • Published: Jul 3, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-7283
  • 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: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mcafee / total_protection - 16.0.r26