Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) before 16.0.R26 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7282
• https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS103062