CVE-2021-1739 — Path Traversal in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-22 — Path Traversal6 documents4 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 14.5
▶NVDapple/tvos< 14.5
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.3+1
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.3
▶NVDapple/ipados< 14.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5x9g-fm6c-gp28: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-1739: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation↗2021-09-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2021-1739: iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5↗2021-04-26
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Apple
CVE-2021-1739: macOS Big Sur 11.3↗2021-04-26
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Apple
CVE-2021-1739: Security Update 2021-002 Catalina↗2021-04-26
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