CVE-2018-6674

lowpriority · track · 16OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 8 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.18% (8th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 13 allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting McTray.exe elevated privileges (by default it runs with the current user's privileges).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–6.8

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.03.9lowCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.3 · impact 3.6

v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · trellixpsirt@trellix.comexploitability 0.2 · impact 6

v3.03.6lowCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.8mediumAV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-311USprimaryCWE-264USCWE-264USCWE-269USCWE-274US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

McAfee, LLC VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)8.8 → 8.8 Patch 13enisa_euvdEU
McAfee Inc. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise≤ 8.8 Patch 10fstec_bduRU
mcafee virusscan enterprise= 8.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-05-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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