CVE-2018-6707 (GCVE-0-2018-6707)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-13 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:10
VLAI
Title
McAfee Agent Insecure usage of temporary files vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
trellix CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) non-Windows non-Windows versions Affected: 5.5.0
Affected: 5.5.1
Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.0* (custom)
Affected: 5.0.6 , ≤ 5.0.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-12-13 00:00
Credits
McAfee credits Brandon Vincent for discovery of this vulnerability.
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