CVE-2018-6705
McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-6705- CVSS 3.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-377
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18452
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18452- CVSS 3.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4c3q-r4f2-c39j
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and...
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.
- Record
GHSA-4c3q-r4f2-c39j- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-6705- 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 - CVSS 3.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-377
- 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-2018-6705 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.3) in Mcafee Agent, published December 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.