What is CVE-2018-6707?

CVE-2018-6707 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Agent, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-6707?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Mcafee Agent

CVE-2018-6707

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Mcafee Agent — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.1
Mcafee Agent (Ma) Non-windows Versions — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6707?: CVE-2018-6707 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Agent, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-6707?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.