CVE-2021-3187

high

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.)

References

https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06

https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htm

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-12-11

Updated: 2023-12-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High