CVE-2018-6674

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee VSE when McTray run with elevated privileges

Published May 25, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 13 allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18421 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 13 allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
trellix
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 6:10 AM
Reserved
Feb 6, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 25, 2018, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:02 AM