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CVE-2020-7310

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial prior to 4.0.161.1 allows local users to change files that are part of write protection rules via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee file operations to an unintended file.

  • Published: Aug 21, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-7310
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.9
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/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 - 4.0.161.1