CVE-2021-26738 (GCVE-0-2021-26738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-23 13:24 – Updated: 2025-02-27 20:40
VLAI
Title
Privilege Escalation for ZCC macOS via PATH Variable
Summary
Zscaler Client Connector for macOS prior to 3.7 had an unquoted search path vulnerability via the PATH variable. A local adversary may be able to execute code with root privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Zscaler Client Connector Affected: 0 , < 3.7 (custom)
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Credits
Deutsche Bank Red Team
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