cve-2018-6706
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-12-12 23:00
Modified
2024-08-05 06:10
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Version: 5.5.0
Version: 5.5.1
Version: 5.0.0   < 5.0.0*
Version: 5.0.6   <
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