VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6674
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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).
Weakness classification
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
- CWE-274: Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
- CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data