Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to perform arbitrary command execution via specific conditions.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18452 Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to perform arbitrary command execution via specific conditions.
Fixes

Solution

McAfee highly recommends that all customers upgrade to McAfee Agent 5.6.0.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:10:11.359Z

Reserved: 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6705

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-12T20:29:00.173

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:07.430

Link: CVE-2018-6705

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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