CVE-2018-6674 | BDVDB-2026-101158 Detail

McAfeeVirusScan Enterprise (VSE)

Description#

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 13 allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.0: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: physical.

Weaknesses#

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
CWE-274 Privilege Escalation (CWE-274)
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References#

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-05-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2018-05-25
Last modified: 2024-08-05

Vendor information

Vendor: McAfee
Product: VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)

All McAfee vulnerabilities

Score

6.8 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 7.3.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 8.8 and < 8.8 Patch 13
Fixed
8.8 Patch 13

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

6.8 Medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Physical
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).