CVE-2018-6674 (GCVE-0-2018-6674)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-25 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:10
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Summary
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).
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
  • CWE-274 - Privilege Escalation (CWE-274)
  • CWE-269 - Data Leakage via Privilege Escalation (CWE-269)
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Vendor Product Version
McAfee, LLC VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) Affected: 8.8 , < 8.8 Patch 13 (custom)
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