High severity · published Dec 11, 2023
CVE-2021-3187
An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Mac before 5.7
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PM
Privilege Management For Mac · Beyondtrust
before 5.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3187
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3187
Release Notes
https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htm
Vendor Advisory
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06
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