Admin-to-root escalation via insecure folder permissions
Published Jul 15, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Local privilege escalation in Acronis True Image 2021 and earlier on macOS allows local users with admin access to gain root privileges. The vendor identifies insecure folder permissions as the cause but does not disclose the affected path or the operation that converts writable access into root execution. Exploitation requires an existing macOS administrator account; successful use grants root-level control of the host.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Acronis True Image 2021 and earlier on macOS allows local users with admin access to gain root privileges. The vendor identifies insecure folder permissions as the cause but does not disclose the affected path or the operation that converts writable access into root execution. Exploitation requires an existing macOS administrator account; successful use grants root-level control of the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-25593
- Published
- Jul 15, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Jul 15, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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