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.)
Published: 2023-12-11
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 27 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-276
Metrics ssvc

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Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Mac
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-27T14:50:21.592Z

Reserved: 2021-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3187

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:45:51.414Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-11T23:15:07.530

Modified: 2025-05-27T15:15:24.260

Link: CVE-2021-3187

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