McAfee Agent for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Published Dec 12, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
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.
Affected products
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- Version 5.0.0StatusaffectedConstraints<5.0.0*
- Version 5.0.6StatusaffectedConstraints<=5.0.6
- Version 5.5.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 5.5.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- 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 | McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
McAfee highly recommends that all customers upgrade to McAfee Agent 5.6.0.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 28.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 30.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 43.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 20.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 3.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10259 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10259 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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