High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-6704

Description

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.

Affected products

McAfee/Agentllm-fuzzy
Range: 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1
McAfee/McAfee Agent (MA) for Maccpe-rescue
Range: 5.5.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexnvd

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