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-2018-18451 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

If you cannot upgrade to McAfee Agent 5.6.0, do not run specific user requested commands related to McAfee products and only run commands mentioned in product or installation guides.

History

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

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

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:10:11.255Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-6704

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-12T19:29:00.383

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:07.313

Link: CVE-2018-6704

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