What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-6662?

CVE-2018-6662 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Management Of Native Encryption CVE-2018-6662

HIGH

OS Command Injection (CWE-78)

2018-06-05 trellixpsirt@trellix.com

Privilege Escalation Command Injection Management Of Native Encryption

7.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.8 HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jun 05, 2018 - 14:29 nvd

HIGH 7.8

DescriptionNVD

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Management of Native Encryption (MNE) before 4.1.4 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted user input.

AnalysisAI

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Management of Native Encryption (MNE) before 4.1.4 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted user input. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Management of Native Encryption (MNE) before 4.1.4 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted user input. Affected products include: Mcafee Management Of Native Encryption. Version information: before 4.1.4.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.