Privilege escalation in McAfee VirusScan - CVE-2018-6674
Published: May 10, 2018 / Updated: May 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12533
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6674
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: McAfee
Affected software:
McAfee VirusScan
McAfee VirusScan
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6674
Update to version 8.8 Patch 11.