Is CVE-2018-6703 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6703 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6703?

CVE-2018-6703 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6703?

CVE-2018-6703 has an EPSS score of 3.23% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6703?

Upgrade agent to 5.6.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6703

CRITICALEPSS 87th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Use After Free in Remote logging (which is disabled by default) in McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) 5.x prior to 5.6.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service and potentially a remote code execution via a specially crafted HTTP header sent to the logging service.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

agentNVD

Affected:>= 5.0.0, < 5.6.0Fixed in:5.6.0CVE-2018-6703derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	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.