VDB-127978 · CVE-2018-6707 · BID 106307

McAfee Agent up to 5.0.6/5.5.1 resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Agent up to 5.0.6/5.5.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6707. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is no exploit available. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Agent up to 5.0.6/5.5.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2018. The weakness was presented 12/14/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6707 since 02/06/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 106307†). See VDB-127923 and VDB-127924 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

McAfee

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Agent

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License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 3.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/06/2018 🔍
12/13/2018 +310 days 🔍
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12/14/2018 +1 days 🔍
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06/19/2023 +1648 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127978
SecurityFocus: 106307 - McAfee Agent CVE-2018-6707 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2018 07:35 AM
Updated: 06/19/2023 09:45 AM
Changes: 12/14/2018 07:35 AM (58), 04/21/2020 07:51 AM (4), 06/19/2023 09:45 AM (14)
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