CVE-2018-6693
Endpoint Security for Linux Threat Prevention (ENSLTP) privilege escalation vulnerability
An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0, and 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778 and earlier. By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during a specific scanning sequence, the unprivileged user is able to perform a privilege escalation to delete arbitrary files.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Endpoint Security for Linux Threat Prevention (ENSLTP) privilege escalation vulnerability
An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0, and 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778 and earlier. By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during a specific scanning sequence, the unprivileged user is able to perform a privilege escalation to delete arbitrary files.
- Record
CVE-2018-6693- CVSS 3.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-363, CWE-274
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18440
An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0, and 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778 and earlier. By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during a specific scanning sequence, the unprivileged user is able to perform a privilege escalation to delete arbitrary files.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18440- CVSS 3.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7w8h-h4pj-jgjq
An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0,...
An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0, and 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778 and earlier. By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during a specific scanning sequence, the unprivileged user is able to perform a privilege escalation to delete arbitrary files.
- Record
GHSA-7w8h-h4pj-jgjq- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0, and 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778 and earlier. By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during a specific scanning sequence, the unprivileged user is able to perform a privilege escalation to delete arbitrary files.
- Record
CVE-2018-6693- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-274, CWE-363, CWE-367
- 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-2018-6693 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Mcafee Endpoint Security For Linux Threat Prevention (ensltp), published September 18, 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.