FKIE_CVE-2018-6668

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-12-31 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:02
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A whitelist bypass vulnerability in McAfee Application Control / Change Control 7.0.1 and before allows execution bypass, for example, with simple DLL through interpreters such as PowerShell.
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106282
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10261
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106282
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10261
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee application_change_control *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:02:10.000",
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