CVE-2018-6704

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in mcafee agent. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to perform arbitrary command execution via specific conditions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-377
Published: 2018-12-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:agent

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10259
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10259

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