CVE-2018-6704 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-6704

McAfee Agent for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to perform arbitrary command execution via specific conditions.

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 Andreas Dewald, ERNW Research GmbH (Germany) for discovery of this vulnerability

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.0.0, 5.0.6

Timeline

Official Publish: December 12th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-377

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.