{"cve":"CVE-2024-46062","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-17T19:16:00.300","modified":"2026-10-27T18:10:00.130","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-77","CWE-732"],"references":["https://m8sec.dev/blog/privilege-escalation-macos-pkg-installers/","https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/release/23.x#miniconda-23-11-0-1"],"products":["conda:miniconda3"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-27T18:39:43.087796372+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-46062","score":0.002,"percentile":0.09714,"date":"2026-10-27"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}