Path Traversal in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator

CVE-2018-6660

Directory Traversal vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2, 5.3.1, 5.3.0 and 5.9.0 allows administrators to use Windows alternate data streams, which could be used to bypass the file extensions, via not properly validating the path when exporting a particular XML file.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-6660: held from 0.017 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6660?
CVE-2018-6660 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2018-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-6660?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-6660 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.