McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability
CVE-2018-6705

2.3LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

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

What is CVE-2018-6705?

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106328
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
2.3
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

McAfee credits Brandon Vincent for discovery of this vulnerability
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