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CVE-2018-6674

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CVE-2018-6674

Published: May 25, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.8

MEDIUM

Description

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).

VendorProductVersions

McAfee, LLC

VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)

affected
8.8 - < 8.8 Patch 13

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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