CVE-2018-6674

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Low 3.9
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6674
  • Assigner
  • psirt@mcafee.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-25T13:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • PHYSICAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.9
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.3
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237 Third Party Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:44:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 06:38:53 2018-05-25T13:29Z 2018-05-25T13:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 06:38:53 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 06:38:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated