CVE-2018-6705

HIGH

McAfee Agent 5.0.0-5.0.6 5.5.0 5.5.1 - Privilege Escalation via Insecure Temporary File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to perform arbitrary command execution via specific conditions.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106328

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 29.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-377
Status published
Products (3)
mcafee/agent 5.5.0
mcafee/agent 5.5.1
mcafee/agent 5.0.0 - 5.0.6
Published Dec 12, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026