What is CVE-2018-6693?

CVE-2018-6693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security For Linux Threat Prevention (Ensltp), classified under Race Condition Enabling Link Following. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-6693?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security For Linux Threat Prevention (Ensltp)

CVE-2018-6693

An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0, and 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778 and earlier. By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during a specific scanning sequenc…

EPSS: 0.000 (9.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Mcafee Endpoint Security For Linux Threat Prevention (Ensltp) — versions 10.5.0, 10.5.1 10.5.0, 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6693?: CVE-2018-6693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security For Linux Threat Prevention (Ensltp), classified under Race Condition Enabling Link Following. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-6693?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.