title: McAfee Agent Insecure usage of temporary files vulnerability
description: Denial of Service through Resource Depletion vulnerability in the agent in non-Windows McAfee Agent (MA) 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, 5.5.0, and 5.5.1 allows local users to cause DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution via knowledge of the internal trust mechanism.
problem types: Denial of Service
affected:
{
platforms: x86
product: McAfee Agent (MA) non-Windows non-Windows versions
vendor: McAfee
versions:
status: affected, version: 5.5.0
status: affected, version: 5.5.1
lessThan: 5.0.0*, status: affected, version: 5.0.0, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: 5.0.6, status: affected, version: 5.0.6, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: LOW
baseScore: 3.7
baseSeverity: LOW
confidentialityImpact: LOW
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: HIGH
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
version: 3.0
]
solutions: upgrade to McAfee Agent 5.6.0