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CVE-2018-6660

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.9)—

Directory Traversal vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2, 5.3.1, 5.3.0 and 5.9.0 allows administrators to use Windows alternate data streams, which could be used to bypass the file extensions, via not properly validating the path when exporting a particular XML file.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Mcafee — Epolicy Orchestrator

CWEs

References

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