Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

published 2020-07-03 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28410

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

mcafee total_protection 16.0.r26

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

service.mcafee.com /webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7283
NVD CVE-2020-7283

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Summary