VDB-127924 · CVE-2018-6706 · BID 106328

McAfee Agent up to 5.5.1 on Linux Installation Temporary access control

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A vulnerability was found in McAfee Agent up to 5.5.1 on Linux. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Installation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Temporary). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Insecure handling of temporary files in non-Windows McAfee Agent 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows an Unprivileged User to introduce custom paths during agent installation in Linux via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2018. The weakness was shared 12/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6706 since 02/06/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/18/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106328†). The entries VDB-127923 and VDB-127978 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 2.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Temporary
Class: Access control / Temporary
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

02/06/2018 🔍
12/12/2018 +309 days 🔍
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06/18/2023 +1648 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6706 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6706
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127924
SecurityFocus: 106328 - McAfee Agent Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2018 10:08 AM
Updated: 06/18/2023 04:44 PM
Changes: 12/13/2018 10:08 AM (60), 04/20/2020 05:02 PM (4), 06/18/2023 04:44 PM (14)
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Cache ID: 18:9EB:40

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