CVE-2021-3187

moderate-risk
Published 2023-12-11

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.)

Do I need to act?

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0.20% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Beyondtrust

References (4)

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
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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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal