CVE-2018-6707

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106307	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-12-13 16:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 16:42

NVD link : CVE-2018-6707

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6707

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

mcafee

agent

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