CVE-2021-1797

published 2021-04-02

CVE-2021-1797: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001…

Priority P4 26 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I N A N

The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, watchOS 7.3, tvOS 14.4, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A local user may be able to read arbitrary files.

Affected

16 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios_14.4_and_ipados	—	—
apple	ios_and_ipados	>= unspecified < 14.4	14.4
apple	ipad_os	< 14.4	14.4
apple	iphone_os	< 14.4	14.4
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.14.6	10.14.6
apple	mac_os_x	—	—
apple	mac_os_x	—	—
apple	mac_os_x	>= 10.15 < 10.15.7	10.15.7
apple	macos	>= 11.0.1 < 11.2	11.2
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 11.2	11.2
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 7.3	7.3
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 14.4	14.4
apple	macos_big_sur_11.2_security_update_2021-001_catalina_security_update_2021-001_mo	—	—
apple	security_update_2021-002_catalina	—	—
apple	tvos	< 14.4	14.4
apple	watchos	< 7.3	7.3

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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