CVE-2018-6705
McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 12, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAgent
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
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Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-377NVD-CWE-noinfo
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