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CVE-2018-6674

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges

Severity Score

3.9
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 13 allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).

Vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en el cliente (McTray.exe) de Microsoft Windows en VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) de McAfee versión 8.8 anterior a parche 13, permite a los usuarios locales causar procesos no relacionados con privilegios elevados por medio del administrador de sistema que otorga privilegios elevados a McTray.exe (por defecto, se ejecuta con los privilegios del usuario actual).

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-02-06 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-05-25 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-274: Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
  • CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237 X_refsource_confirm
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mcafee
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 Virusscan Enterprise
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Enterprise"
 8.8.0
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Enterprise" and version "8.8.0"
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Affected
in Microsoft
Search vendor "Microsoft"
 Windows
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"
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Safe