CVE-2023-33298 is a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability affecting Perimeter81 10.0.0.19 on macOS, specifically within the com.perimeter81.osx.HelperTool component. An authenticated local attacker can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the usingCAPath parameter, achieving root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting it is not currently under active exploitation, though it has received some community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perimeter81:xpc_helpertool:10.0.0.19:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.