HIGH
McAfee Agent Insecure usage of temporary files vulnerability
Published Dec 13, 2018
7.0
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Denial of Service through Resource Depletion vulnerability in the agent in non-Windows McAfee Agent (MA) 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to cause DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution via knowledge of the internal trust mechanism.
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) non-Windows non-Windows versions | 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
upgrade to McAfee Agent 5.6.0
Weaknesses (1)
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106307 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106307 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner trellix
Published Dec 13, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Feb 6, 2018
Link CVE-2018-6707
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a