CVE-2020-7335

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.29 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via careful manipulation of a folder by creating a junction link. This exploits a lack of protection through a timing issue and is only exploitable in a small time window.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 1, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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