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CVE-2024-46062

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Description

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-12-17 19:16:00.300000
Last modified
2026-10-27 18:10:00.130000
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