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.
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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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-17T18:48:34.954Z

Reserved: 2024-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-46062

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-17T19:16:00.300

Modified: 2025-12-17T19:16:00.300

Link: CVE-2024-46062

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