CVE-2018-6674
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges
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).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges
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).
- Record
CVE-2018-6674- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-274, CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18421
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).
- Record
EUVD-2018-18421- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j2w2-mjcv-7rfm
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan...
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).
- Record
GHSA-j2w2-mjcv-7rfm- CVSS 3.0
- 3.9 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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).
- Record
CVE-2018-6674- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 3.9 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-269, CWE-274, CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-6674 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise, published May 25, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.