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CVE-2023-33298

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

com.perimeter81.osx.HelperTool in Perimeter81 10.0.0.19 on macOS allows Local Privilege Escalation (to root) via shell metacharacters in usingCAPath.

Affected products

• Perimeter81 Xpc Helpertool: 10.0.0.19

References

• https://support.perimeter81.com/docs/macos-agent-release-notes
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653767
• https://www.ns-echo.com/posts/cve_2023_33298.html
• https://support.perimeter81.com/docs/macos-agent-release-notes
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653767
• https://www.ns-echo.com/posts/cve_2023_33298.html

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