Bypass Application Control with simple DLL

Published 7 y ago 2018-12-31 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.1

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.4%

percentile 38%

Public exploits

none known

A whitelist bypass vulnerability in McAfee Application Control / Change Control 7.0.1 and before allows execution bypass, for example, with simple DLL through interpreters such as PowerShell.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago 2025-05-06

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`
CNA	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	4.6	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

McAfee Application and Change Control

References

securityfocus.com /bid/106282 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10261 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-6668
NVD: CVE-2018-6668

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