Vulnerabilites related to McAfee, LLC - Total Protection (ToPS) for Mac OS
CVE-2019-3617 (GCVE-0-2019-3617)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-10 07:29
Modified
2024-08-04 19:12
CWE
  • Privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
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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Impacted products
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