CVE-2018-6705

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-377

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 12, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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