CVE-2018-6755 — True Key (TK) Windows Client - Weak Directory Permission Vulnerability

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HIGH

True Key (TK) Windows Client - Weak Directory Permission Vulnerability

Published Dec 6, 2018

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.98%

Description

Weak Directory Permission Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee True Key (TK) 5.1.230.7 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted malware.

Affected products

Vendor McAfee Product True Key Default
n/a
- Version
  5.1.230.7
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=5.1.230.7

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

True Key

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
5.1.230.7	affected	<=5.1.230.7

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.98% 0.00982

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00982

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	0.98% (0.00982)	60.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.98% (0.00982)	57.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00103)	25.82th	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	1.00% (0.01005)	38.10th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.00% (0.01005)	36.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.00% (0.01005)	34.40th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.00% (0.01005)	17.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	23.16% (0.23163)	94.98th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	23.16% (0.23163)	94.92th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	23.16% (0.23163)	98.06th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	23.16% (0.23163)	0.00th	v1