CVE-2018-6707 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting non-Windows McAfee Agent versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1. A local attacker, with knowledge of the internal trust mechanism, can exploit this flaw to cause resource depletion, leading to DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity but a 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 surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.