CVE-2024-46062

EUVD-2024-55356
Miniconda3 macOS installers before 23.11.0-1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability when installed outside the user's home directory. During installation, world-writable files are created and executed with root privileges. This flaw allows a local low-privileged user to inject arbitrary commands, leading to code execution as the root user.
Command Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA-ADPADP
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 6%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
condaminiconda3
𝑥
< 23.11.0-1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://m8sec.dev/blog/privilege-escalation-macos-pkg-installers/
https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/release/23.x#miniconda-23-11-0-1