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McAfee AgentMcAfee Agent Insecure usage of temporary files vulnerability

Risk 63
Severity
7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Denial of Service through Resource Depletion vulnerability in the agent in non-Windows McAfee Agent (MA) 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to cause DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution via knowledge of the internal trust mechanism.

Remedy

upgrade to McAfee Agent 5.6.0
First published (updated )
CVE-2018-6707

McAfee AgentMcAfee Agent (MA) non-Windows versions incorrect use of temporary file vulnerability

Risk 43
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Insecure handling of temporary files in non-Windows McAfee Agent 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows an Unprivileged User to introduce custom paths during agent installation in Linux via unspecified vectors.

Remedy

McAfee highly recommends that all customers upgrade to McAfee Agent 5.6.0.
First published (updated )
CVE-2018-6706

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