Vulnerabilites related to McAfee - McAfee Agent (MA) non-Windows non-Windows versions
cve-2018-6707
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-12-13 23:00
Modified
2024-08-05 06:10
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106307 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10260 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼ | McAfee | McAfee Agent (MA) non-Windows non-Windows versions |
Version: 5.5.0 Version: 5.5.1 Version: 5.0.0 < 5.0.0* Version: 5.0.6 < |
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