CVE-2021-20172

2021-12-3021:31:19

tenable

www.cve.org

netgear genie

macos

privilege escalation

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Netgear Genie Installer for macOS",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "All known versions"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56