title: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee DXL for Mac
description: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.
problem types: CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
affected:
{
product: McAfee DXL for Mac shipped with MA
vendor: McAfee LLC
versions:
lessThan: 5.6.6, status: affected, version: 5.6.x, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 8.2
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]