CVE-2019-3617 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2020-06-10

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee, LLC

Total Protection (ToPS) for Mac OS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.x`	affected	< 4.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:mac_os:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-13252	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103052

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-06-10T07:29:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:12:09.711Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-3617

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-10T08:15:11.407

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:42:15.130

Link: CVE-2019-3617

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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