CVE-2024-46060 (GCVE-0-2024-46060)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-18 18:52
VLAI
EPSS
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Summary
Anaconda3 macOS installers before 2024.06-1 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 allows a local low-privileged user to inject arbitrary commands, leading to code execution as the root user.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-18 16:05 UTC
CWE
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