CVE-2021-3187
An authenticated, unprivileged user can elevate privileges by running a malicious script (that executes as root from a temporary directory) during install time.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 51th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- beyondtrust/privilege management for mac
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htmRelease Notes
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06Vendor Advisory
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/index.htmRelease Notes
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-06Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.