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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-6674
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges
Vulnerability Description
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).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)
Vulnerable Versions:
8.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 25th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
T1190
Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1078
Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1087
Account Discovery
Discovery
T1485
Data Destruction
Impact
T1098
Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134
Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion