CVE-2018-6704 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to perform arbitrary command execution via specific conditions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Agent

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/virtual-ciso
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10259

History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	McAfee Agent for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability	McAfee Agent for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2018-12-12T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:10:11.255Z

Reserved: 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6704

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-12T19:29:00.383

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:07.313

Link: CVE-2018-6704

Redhat

No data.

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