Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection for Mac OS: Root Privilege Gain via Inadequate Temporary File Protection

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection for Mac OS: Root Privilege Gain via Inadequate Temporary File Protection

CVE-2019-3617 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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