CVE-2024-46062 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Miniconda3 macOS installers prior to version 23.11.0-1, specifically when installed outside the user's home directory. This flaw allows a local, low-privileged user to execute arbitrary commands as root due to the creation of world-writable files during installation that are subsequently executed with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 23.11.0-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:conda:miniconda3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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