CVE-2021-20172 - All known versions of the Netgear Genie Installer for macOS contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability

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HIGH

All known versions of the Netgear Genie Installer for macOS contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability

Published Dec 30, 2021

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.29%

Description

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.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Netgear Genie Installer for macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  All known versions
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Netgear Genie Installer for macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
All known versions	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-7629
Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-7629		Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory