CVE-2018-6674 Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges
Local users can escalate privileges by spawning processes if McTray.exe is configured to run with elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6674?
CVE-2018-6674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC VirusScan Enterprise (VSE), published on 25 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6674?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6674?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6674 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6674 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6674 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee, LLC VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)
- CVE-2009-5118 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2020-7266 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSE for Windows
- CVE-2020-7267 Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in VSEL
- CVE-2016-8023 Auth bypass in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)
- CVE-2016-8024 Other in VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j2w2-mjcv-7rfm.