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CVE-2018-6707

McAfee Agent Insecure usage of temporary files vulnerability

Severity Score

7.0
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante consumo de recursos en el agente en plataformas no Windows de McAfee Agent (MA), desde la versión 5.0.0 a la 5.0.6, 5.5.0 y 5.5.1, permite que usuarios locales provoquen una denegación de servicio (DoS), un comportamiento inesperado o una ejecución de código no autorizada mediante el conocimiento del mecanismo interno de confianza.

*Credits: McAfee credits Brandon Vincent for discovery of this vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-02-06 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-12-13 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
 Agent
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 >= 5.0.0 <= 5.0.6
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent" and version " >= 5.0.0 <= 5.0.6"
-
Affected
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
 Agent
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent"
 5.5.0
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent" and version "5.5.0"
-
Affected
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
 Agent
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent"
 5.5.1
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Agent" and version "5.5.1"
-
Affected