CVE-2018-6705 (GCVE-0-2018-6705)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-12 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:10
VLAI
Title
McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File (CWE-377)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Affected: 5.5.0
Affected: 5.5.1
Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.0* (custom)
Affected: 5.0.6 , ≤ 5.0.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-12-12 00:00
Credits
McAfee credits Brandon Vincent for discovery of this vulnerability
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