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CVE-2018-6686: Drive Encryption (MDE) - Authentication Bypass vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Authentication Bypass vulnerability in TPM autoboot in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) 7.1.0 and above allows physically proximate attackers to bypass local security protection via specific set of circumstances.

Affected products

• McAfee,LLC McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE): from 7.1.0

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10242
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10242

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