CVE-2021-20172

HIGH

Netgear Genie Installer - Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure File Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 20.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
netgear/genie_installer
Published Dec 30, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026