McAfee VirusScan Enterprise < 8.8 Patch 13 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (SB10237)

low Nessus Plugin ID 110272

Synopsis

The antivirus application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 8.8 Patch 13. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee VirusScan Enterprise version 8.8 Patch 13.

See Also

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10237

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 110272

File Name: mcafee_vse_sb10237.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/1/2018

Updated: 6/19/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise

Required KB Items: Antivirus/McAfee/installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6674

BID: 104180

IAVA: 2018-A-0175-S

MCAFEE-SB: SB10237