CVE-2020-7310
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial installer
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial installer
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7310- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28437
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28437- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x6r6-6554-775v
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the installer in McAfee McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial...
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.
- Record
GHSA-x6r6-6554-775v- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7310- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7310 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Mcafee Total Protection, published August 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.