FKIE_CVE-2021-20172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-30 22:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 05:46
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
All known versions of the Netgear Genie Installer for macOS contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The installer of the macOS version of Netgear Genie handles certain files in an insecure way. A malicious actor who has local access to the endpoint on which the software is going to be installed may overwrite certain files to obtain privilege escalation to root.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netgear genie_installer -
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  "lastModified": "2024-11-21T05:46:03.773",
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