CVE-2021-3187 json
An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Mac before 5.7.
published 2023-12-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-26530
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.)
Patch / fix
- beyondtrust privilege_management_for_mac 5.7
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
References
-
beyondtrust.com
/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06
vendor-advisory
-
beyondtrust.com
/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htm
release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-3187
- NVD CVE-2021-3187
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.