CVE-2018-6662 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting McAfee Management of Native Encryption (MNE) prior to version 4.1.4 on macOS. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by providing crafted user input, enabling them to gain elevated privileges on the system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but successful exploitation can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:management_of_native_encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.