CVE-2019-3617 — Privilege escalation in ToPS for Mac

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HIGH

Privilege escalation in ToPS for Mac

Published Jun 10, 2020

8.2

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.32%

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.

Affected products

Vendor McAfee, LLC Product Total Protection (ToPS) for Mac OS Default
n/a
- Version
  4.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <4.6

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

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
4.x	affected	<4.6

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.32% 0.00321

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00321

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (8 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.32% (0.00321)	22.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.32% (0.00321)	25.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.40% (0.01404)	49.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.98% (0.00985)	27.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.22% (0.00221)	0.00th	v1