CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-3617

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jun 10, 2020 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Total_protection Mcafee * 4.6 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References