Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges
Published May 25, 2018
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.18%
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).
Affected products
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- Version 8.8StatusaffectedConstraints<8.8 Patch 13
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee, LLC | VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) | n/a |
|
- 8.8.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.18% (0.00180) | 6.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.18% (0.00180) | 7.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.02% (0.00022) | 3.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.47% (0.02472) | 54.83th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.47% (0.02472) | 54.39th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.47% (0.02472) | 78.56th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.47% (0.02472) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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