CVE-2018-6706

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-377

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee	McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux	5.5.0; 5.5.1; >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.0*; >= 5.0.6, <= 5.0.6

References

Timeline

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

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