Privilege escalation in ToPS for Mac
CVE-2019-3617

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee, Llc

Status
Total Protection (tops) For Mac Os
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 June 2020

What is CVE-2019-3617?

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (ToPS) for Mac OS prior to 4.6 allows local users to gain root privileges via incorrect protection of temporary files.

Affected Version(s)

Total Protection (ToPS) for Mac OS 4.x < 4.6

References

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103052
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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