FKIE_CVE-2021-3187

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-12-11 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:04
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.)
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htmRelease Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htmRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
beyondtrust privilege_management_for_mac *
apple mac_os_x *
apple mac_os_x *
apple mac_os_x *
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6
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