Privilege escalation in Mcafee Total Protection

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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-3617: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3617?
CVE-2019-3617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-3617?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.