McAfee Agent (MA) non-Windows versions incorrect use of temporary file vulnerability

published 2018-12-12 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-18453

cvss: 2.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insecure handling of temporary files in non-Windows McAfee Agent 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows an Unprivileged User to introduce custom paths during agent installation in Linux via unspecified vectors.

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Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	2.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) for Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-377 DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-6706
NVD CVE-2018-6706

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