CVE-2019-3617: McAfee Total Protection

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• McAfee Total Protection: before 4.6 (fixed in 4.6)

Published 2020-06-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.