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CVE-2018-6707

McAfee Agent Insecure usage of temporary files vulnerability

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: December 13, 2018 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAgent

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Denial of Service through Resource Depletion vulnerability in the agent in non-Windows McAfee Agent (MA) 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to cause DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution via knowledge of the internal trust mechanism.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Agent· McAfee
95%
5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.0.65.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.0*5.0.05.0.65.5.05.5.1
Affected range stops below 5.0.0*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106307
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260

CVSS

3.7LOWtrellix
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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