McAfee Agent for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability

CVE-2018-6704

4.7MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Mcafee
Status
Mcafee Agent (ma) For Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 December 2018

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.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux x86 5.5.0

McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux x86 5.5.1

McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux x86 5.0.0 < 5.0.0*

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

McAfee credits Andreas Dewald, ERNW Research GmbH (Germany) for discovery of this vulnerability
.