PT-2023-12161 · Beyondtrust+1 · Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Mac+1

Published 2023-12-11 · Updated 2023-12-14 · CVE-2021-3187

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Mac versions prior to 5.7

Description An issue allows an authenticated, unprivileged user to elevate privileges by running a malicious script that executes as root from a temporary directory during install time. This issue applies to macOS before 10.15.5, or Security Update 2020-003 on Mojave and High Sierra. Later versions of macOS are not vulnerable.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.7, update to version 5.7 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the execution of scripts from temporary directories during install time to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-3187

Affected Products

Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Mac

Apple Macos

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3187 · Security Note
• https://beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htm · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/63246 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/63717 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1734340131190870524 · Twitter Post