Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in Jamf Remote Assist Leading to Privilege Escalation

published 2024-10-22 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-32963

cvss: 5.2; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in Jamf Pro's Jamf Remote Assist tool allows a local, non-privileged user to escalate their privileges to root on MacOS systems.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-22)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.2	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA	4.0	5.2	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

Jamf Pro

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

learn.jamf.com /en-US/bundle/jamf-remote-assist-release-notes/page/Jamf_Remote_Assist_Release_History.html#ariaid-title4

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-10183
NVD CVE-2024-10183

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Summary