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TI-2021-02263 Aliases CVE-2021-3187GHSA-wwc4-3prx-5752

An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Mac before 5.7.

Priority LOW 39CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.)

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00644 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 23

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_mac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.7VulnerableBeyondTrust
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 10.15.5; 10.13.0 to before 10.13.6; 10.14.0 to before 10.14.6Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2018-002:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2018-002Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2018-003:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2018-003Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2019-001Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2019-002Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-003:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2019-003Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2019-004Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2019-005Running onApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_mac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.7 Vulnerable ·BeyondTrust
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.15.5; 10.13.0 to before 10.13.6; 10.14.0 to before 10.14.6 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2018-002:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2018-002 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2018-003:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2018-003 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2019-001 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2019-002 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-003:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2019-003 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2019-004 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2019-005 Running on ·Apple
Show 13 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2019-006Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2019-007Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2020-001Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*10.13.6 security_update_2020-002Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2019-001Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2019-002Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2019-004Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2019-005Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2019-006Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2019-007Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2020-001Running onApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*10.14.6 security_update_2020-002Running onApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2019-006 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2019-007 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2020-001 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 security_update_2020-002 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2019-001 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2019-002 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2019-004 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2019-005 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2019-006 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2019-007 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2020-001 Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.14.6 security_update_2020-002 Running on ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3187
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwc4-3prx-5752
  3. 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2021-02242 Sudo before 1.9.5p2 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

Sources

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