Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

published 2020-12-01 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28462

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

mcafee total_protection 16.0.29

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Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.4	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

McAfee,LLC McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7335
NVD CVE-2020-7335

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