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…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.38%

30.2th percentile

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

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mcafee	agent	—	—
mcafee	agent	—	—
mcafee	agent	5.0.0 – 5.0.6	—
mcafee	mcafee_agent_for_linux	—	—
mcafee	mcafee_agent_for_linux	—	—
mcafee	mcafee_agent_for_linux	>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.0*	5.0.0*
mcafee	mcafee_agent_for_linux	5.0.6 – 5.0.6	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.02.3LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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