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McAfee Agent: CVE-2018-6704: Mcafee agent for linux update fixes a privilege escalation vulnerability (SB10259)

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McAfee Agent: CVE-2018-6704: Mcafee agent for linux update fixes a privilege escalation vulnerability (SB10259)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/12/2018
Created
08/12/2020
Added
08/11/2020
Modified
08/11/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-5-4-266
  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-6-0-702

References

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