PT-2018-3690 · Mcafee · Mcafee Agent

Published 2018-12-11 · Updated 2023-01-27 · CVE-2018-6706

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Agent versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.6 McAfee Agent versions 5.5.0 and 5.5.1

Description The issue is related to insecure handling of temporary files in the McAfee Agent, which can be exploited by an unprivileged user to introduce custom paths during agent installation in Linux. This can potentially allow a remote attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations For McAfee Agent versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For McAfee Agent versions 5.5.0 and 5.5.1, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-377

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-03208

CVE-2018-6706

Affected Products

Mcafee Agent

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6706 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03208 · Security Note
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260 · Note
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106328 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/42974 · Telegram Post
• https://securityfocus.com/bid/106328 · Note
• https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2018-6706 · Note