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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
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)
References
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.