McAfee Drive Encryption CVE-2018-6686 Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:104916

Info

McAfee Drive Encryption CVE-2018-6686 Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 104916
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2018-6686
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 10 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 10 2018 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: McAfee Drive Encryption 7.1
Not Vulnerable: McAfee Drive Encryption 7.2.6
McAfee Drive Encryption 7.1.3 HF1241165

Discussion

McAfee Drive Encryption CVE-2018-6686 Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

McAfee Drive Encryption is prone to a local authentication-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass the authentication mechanism. This may aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

McAfee Drive Encryption CVE-2018-6686 Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

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