CVE-2018-6706 (GCVE-0-2018-6706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-12 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:10
VLAI
Title
McAfee Agent (MA) non-Windows versions incorrect use of temporary file vulnerability
Summary
Insecure handling of temporary files in non-Windows McAfee Agent 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows an Unprivileged User to introduce custom paths during agent installation in Linux via unspecified vectors.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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