CVE-2018-6706 (GCVE-0-2018-6706)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-12-12 23:00
Modified
2024-08-05 06:10
Severity ?
2.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File ()
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Version: 5.5.0
Version: 5.5.1
Version: 5.0.0   < 5.0.0*
Version: 5.0.6   <
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