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CVE-2021-3187
high 8.8
An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Mac before 5.7. An authenticated, unprivileged user can elevate privileges by running a malicious script (that executes as root from a temporary directory) during install time. (This applies to macOS before 10.15.5, or Security Update 2020-003 on Mojave and High Sierra, Later versions of macOS are not vulnerable.)
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo, CWE-276
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | high 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
| CVSS 3.1 | high 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- beyondtrust · privilege_management_for_mac
References
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htmRelease Notes
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06Vendor Advisory
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htmRelease Notes
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06Vendor Advisory