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.
Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2021-7629 | 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. |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.693Z
Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-20172
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-12-30T22:15:09.707
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:03.773
Link: CVE-2021-20172
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD