Is CVE-2018-6674 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6674 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6674?

CVE-2018-6674 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6674?

CVE-2018-6674 has an EPSS score of 0.18% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-6674?

No published fix for CVE-2018-6674 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6674

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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).

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls CWE-269Improper Privilege Management CWE-274 CWE-311

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.