Local Privilege Escalation in Miniconda3 macOS Installer

Publication date: 2025-12-17

Last updated on: 2025-12-18

Assigner: MITRE

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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Meta Information

Published

2025-12-17

Last Modified

2025-12-18

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-12-17

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2024-46062

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
anaconda	miniconda	23.11.0-1

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-732	The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
CWE-77	The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in Miniconda3 macOS installers before version 23.11.0-1 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, resulting in code execution with root (highest) privileges.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can allow a local attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges to root by injecting arbitrary commands during the installation process. This means an attacker could gain full control over the affected system, potentially compromising system integrity, confidentiality, and availability.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, upgrade Miniconda3 macOS installers to version 23.11.0-1 or later, and avoid installing Miniconda outside the user's home directory to prevent creation of world-writable files executed with root privileges. [1]

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