VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3187

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-12-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.)

Weakness classification

  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Primary references