High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3187
CVE-2021-3187
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.)
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_mac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_mac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.7
- (no CPE)range: <5.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06nvdVendor Advisory
- www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htmnvdRelease Notes
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