SB2018051020 - Privilege escalation in McAfee VirusScan
Published: May 10, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018051020
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Physical access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6674)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a physical authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to VSE might spawn a process inheriting the parent's privileges when the process McTray.exe runs with elevated privileges. A physical attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information and gain root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.