{"id":"CVE-2024-46060","title":"Anaconda3 macOS installers before 2024.06-1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability when installed outside the user's home directory","summary":"Anaconda3 macOS installers before 2024.06-1 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. Thi…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-77","CWE-732"],"vendor":"anaconda","product":"anaconda3","affected":["anaconda3 < 2024.06-1"],"patched":["anaconda3 2024.06-1"],"published":"2025-12-17","updated":"2026-09-26","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-26T21:10:00.130","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46060","references":[{"url":"https://m8sec.dev/blog/privilege-escalation-macos-pkg-installers/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/anaconda/release/2024.x#anaconda-2024-06-1","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.002,"epssPercentile":0.08821,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-26T21:38:01.500Z","slug":"CVE-2024-46060","body":"## Overview\n\nAnaconda3 macOS installers before 2024.06-1 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 allows a local low-privileged user to inject arbitrary commands, leading to code execution as the root user.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `anaconda3 < 2024.06-1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `anaconda3 2024.06-1`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}