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    "data_format": "MITRE",
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    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2021-20172",
        "ASSIGNER": "vulnreport@tenable.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Netgear Genie Installer for macOS",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "All known versions"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Local Privilege Escalation"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56",
                "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-56"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "All known versions of the Netgear Genie Installer for macOS contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The installer of the macOS version of Netgear Genie handles certain files in an insecure way. A malicious actor who has local access to the endpoint on which the software is going to be installed may overwrite certain files to obtain privilege escalation to root."
            }
        ]
    }
}