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CVE-2018-6674

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges

Published: May 25, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-264
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:HPR:HUI:RS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-264CWE-269CWE-274CWE-311

Affected Products

McAfee VirusScan EnterpriseMcAfee Inc.
Mixed
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)McAfee, LLC
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
virusscan enterprisemcafeeSecurity Products
mcafee inc.commercialUSSecurity Productsaka mcafee
mcafee, llccommercialSecurity Productsaka mcafee endpoint security (ens), mcafee agent (ma), mcafee enterprise security manager (esm)
mcafeecommercialUSSecurity Productsaka mcaee, mcafee security

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237&actp=null&viewlocale=en_US&showDraft=false&platinum_status=false&locale=en_GB
kc.mcafee.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6674
nvd.nist.gov
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237
kc.mcafee.com

Timeline

Published
May 25, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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