CVE-2018-6690 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-6690

McAfee Application Control (MAC) - Whitelist bypass using a hard drive solidified by MACC

Vulnerability Description

Accessing, modifying, or executing executable files vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) 8.0.0 Hotfix 4 and earlier allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via file transfer from external system.

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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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • McAfee credits Paul W for reporting this flaw.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

McAfee Application Control (MAC)
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0.0 HF 4

Timeline

Official Publish: September 18th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.