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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-20172

CVE-2021-20172

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.

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Affected products

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  • Netgear/Genie Installer2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:netgear:genie_installer:-:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:netgear:genie_installer:-:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Netgear/Genie Installer for macOSdescription

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