CVE-2018-6674
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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).
- CVSS 3.0
- 3.9 LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 8th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-269, CWE-274, CWE-311
- Affected
- mcafee/virusscan enterprise
- Source
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.