CVE-2021-20172

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-20172
  • Assigner
  • vulnreport@tenable.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-12-30T22:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-07-12T17:42:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-732 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:genie_installer:-:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20172
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20172
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:37:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:22:46 2021-12-30T22:15Z 2021-12-30T22:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 05:22:46 2022-07-12T17:42:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 05:22:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated