CVE-2018-6706: 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…

PriorityP434high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.62%

45.1th percentile

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.

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

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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