CVE-2018-6674

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).

CVSS v3 3.9 LOW
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

3.9^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 0.3 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:00

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237 -

Information

Published : 2018-05-25 13:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-6674

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6674

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6674

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

virusscan_enterprise

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-311

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-274

Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

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