{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20172 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-20172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Genie Installer for macOS, published on 30 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-20172 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-20172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Genie Installer for macOS, published on 30 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20172 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Netgear Genie Installer for macOS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20172/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-20172","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20172/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-20172","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9hj7-9vfv-fxf3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Netgear Genie Installer","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can overwrite insecurely handled files during installation to escalate privileges to root on macOS systems.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"tenable","cpe":[{"product":"genie_installer","vendor":"netgear"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Netgear Genie Installer for macOS","id":"CVE-2021-20172","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Command injection in Netgear Nighthawk R6700","id":"CVE-2021-20173"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Netgear RAX43","id":"CVE-2021-20171"},"products":["Netgear Genie Installer for macOS"],"published":"2021-12-30","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A local attacker can overwrite insecurely handled files during installation to escalate privileges to root on macOS systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20172/"}